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“ ”To a wise man, the whole earth is open, because the country of a virtuous soul is the entire universe.
About Democritus
Democritus (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is popularly known as "the laughing philosopher" for advocating a cheerful outlook, and for his rhetorical use of irony and ridicule. A pupil of Leucippus, he was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher who formulated an atomic theory of the universe. Of his voluminous writings, only a few fragments of his ethical theory remain, with descriptions by other writers of his atomic theory.
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Additional quotes by Democritus
A life without festivity is a long road without an inn.
By convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color, but in reality atoms and void.
Accept nothing pleasant unless it is beneficial.