Democritus's Life
What Country was Democritus born?
What is Greece?
Where was Aristotle born?
What are the smallest indivisible particles that Democritus believed make up everything?
What are atoms?
What four elements did Aristotle believe made up all matter?
What is Air, Water, Fire and Earth?
Which scientist believed matter was continuous and not made of atoms?
Who is Aristotle?
Who was Democritus's teacher?
What is Leucippus?
Which famous philosopher taught Aristotle?
Who is Plato?
What did Democritus believe atoms differed in?
What is size and shape?
How did Aristotle describe each element to have?
What is their combinations of hot/cold and wet/dry
Which scientist theory was the most accurate?
Who is Democritus?
What method did Democritus use to form his ideas about atoms?
What is, by "thought experiments"?
What school did Aristotle create?
What is the Lyceum?
According to Democritus, are atoms always moving or still?
What is always moving/constant motion?
Did Aristotle believe matter was continuous or made of atoms?
What is continuous?
What was the key difference between their approaches?
What is Democritus used reasoning and Aristotle used observation?
Around what years did Democritus live?
What is 460 BCE - 370 BCE?
Which famous historical figure did Aristotle tutor?
Who is Alexander the Great?
Did Democritus base his theory on experiments or reasoning?
What is reasoning or thought experiments?
What kind of evidence did Aristotle rely on?
What is observation and sensory experience?
Which theory relied more on philosophy than science?
What is Aristotle’s theory?
What is Democritus best known for contributing to?
What is the idea that everything is made of tiny, invisible particles called atoms?
When did Aristotle die?
What is 322 BCE?
What was Democritus main question in his "thought" experiment?
What happens if you keep dividing matter smaller and smaller?
Why did people believe Aristotle’s theory for so long?
What is because of his philosophy and influence?
How did Aristotle's influence affect the acceptance of Democritus's ideas?
What is it caused Democritus's atomic theory to be ignored for centuries?