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  1. On Democritean Rhysmos.Gustavo Laet Gomes - 2019 - Archai: Revista de Estudos Sobre as Origens Do Pensamento Ocidental 27:e02702.
    In _Metaphysics_ A.4, Aristotle provides crucial information about fundamental aspects of the chemistry and microphysics of the atomic theory of Leucippus and Democritus of Abdera. Besides the plenum and the void, which he identifies as the elements of the atomic theory, he presents what he himself names as _differences_. These fundamental differences are named so because they ought to be responsible for the emergence of all other differences in the physical world, and especially the ones that hit our senses. Aristotle (...)
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  • Necessity, Chance, and Freedom in the Early Atomists.Lowell Edmunds - 1972 - Phoenix 26 (4):342-357.
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  • Atomism and the Worship of Gods.Christian Vassallo - 2018 - Philosophie Antique 18:105-125.
    Cet article réexamine la totalité des témoignages sur la pensée démocritéenne de l’origine du culte divin. Une étude approfondie de ces témoignages nous autorise à affirmer que, dans l’esprit de Démocrite, le culte des dieux ne dérivait pas seulement d’une peur des phénomènes naturels hostiles, mais aussi de la reconnaissance pour les événements favorables à la survie des humains. Il est à présent possible de réinterpréter cette conception selon un point de vue polémique : Démocrite n’aurait pas nié l’existence des (...)
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  • Changing Our Minds: Democritus on What is Up to Us.Monte Johnson - 2014 - In Pierre Destrée, R. Salles & Marco Antonio De Zingano (eds.), Up to Us: Studies on Causality and Responsibility in Ancient Philosophy. Academia Verlag. pp. 1-18.
    I develop a positive interpretation of Democritus' theory of agency and responsibility, building on previous studies that have already gone far in demonstrating his innovativeness and importance to the history and philosophy of these concepts. The interpretation will be defended by a synthesis of several familiar ethical fragments and maxims presented in the framework of an ancient problem that, unlike the problem of free will and determinism, Democritus almost certainly did confront: the problem of the causes of human goodness and (...)
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  • Life and Lifeforms in Early Greek Atomism.Caterina Pellò & Michael Augustin - 2022 - Apeiron 55 (4):601-625.
    What is Leucippus and Democritus’ theory of the beginning of life? How, if at all, did Leucippus and Democritus distinguish different kinds of living things? These questions are challenging in part because these Atomists claim that all living beings – including plants – have a share of reason and understanding. We answer these questions by examining the extant evidence concerning their views on embryology, the soul and respiration, and sense perception, thereby giving an overview of life and lifeforms in early (...)
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  • Plato’s Medicalisation of Ethics.Jorge Torres - 2021 - Apeiron 54 (3):287-316.
    I argue for the view that the scientific model which Plato consistently had in mind when sharpening his main ethical theory was medicine. Moreover, I ascribe to Plato a “medical model of ethics”. A careful examination of this model reveals how Plato appropriates several medical concepts and ideas by employing two central methodological devices in his thought: dialectical transposition and analogical characterisation. In discussing them, I identify different kinds of medical references in the dialogues –not all medical references in Plato (...)
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  • Dificultades con Physica II 4: la confrontación dialéctica de Aristóteles con las opiniones precedentes sobre el azar y la disputa en torno a la identidad de sus portavoces.Iván De los Ríos Gutiérrez - 2014 - Arbor 190 (769):a163.
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  • Transformation de l’'me et moralité chez Démocrite et Épicure.Annie Hourcade - 2007 - Philosophie Antique 7:151-178.
    Au livre XXV du Peri physeos, épicure met en œuvre une critique de Démocrite, l’accusant de s’ignorer lui-même et de soutenir une doctrine qui entre en contradiction avec ses actes. Pour Épicure, l’existence même de l’éloge et du blâme signifie que l’homme doit être considéré comme assumant, au moins partiellement, la responsabilité de son caractère acquis, de ses pensées et de ses actes. Le livre XXV du Peri physeos, pourtant, loin de prendre ses distances vis-à-vis de l’éthique de Démocrite, doit (...)
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  • Philosophy in fragments: Cultivating philosophic thinking with the presocratics.Daniel Silvermintz - 2009 - Metaphilosophy 40 (5):689-701.
    Abstract: This article presents a strategy for introducing Presocratic thought to students in a manner that is both engaging and relevant. The first section addresses students' reactions to the claim that the Presocratics were the first philosophers. The second section considers how the fragmentary state of Presocratic thought does not hinder its comprehension. The third section proposes a classroom exercise for testing the scientific merits of each of the Presocratic theories. The final section proposes the use of a mock trial (...)
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  • Démocrite, l’atomisme, l’éthique et les atomes de l’'me : quelques remarques.Paul Demont - 2007 - Philosophie Antique 7:179-187.
    James Warren a rappelé il y a quelques années que l’« ataraxie » n’est pas seulement un concept épicurien. L’« arrière-plan philosophique », la « tradition philosophique » qui précède Épicure remonte, a-t-il montré, à Démocrite, et a mené d’un côté à l’« ataraxie » pyrrhonienne (dès Timon) et de l’autre à l’« ataraxie » épicurienne, selon une double généalogie dont il a reconstitué dans son livre les principaux maillons. Les témoignages sur l’éthique démocritéenne sont si controversés qu’une...
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