¶ Democritus
Index Entry
(5th Century B.C.)
“Democritus considering experience invented the word ‘atom.’ He invented a very different kind of a concept. It is true that the atom they thought of turned out not to be the atom of our present exploration, but it was invisible and that he dared to think of invisible entities was very, very daring. Whenever you and I hear the word atom we hear Democritus. That is how big he is and that is pretty big and completely independent of the years.”
¶ Citations
- Oregon Lecture #0, p. 99. 5 Jul’62
