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Atomism  n.  The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.





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"Atomism" Quotes from Famous Books



... marked the close of the first period of philosophy, so the skepticism of Pyrrhonism marked the close of the second. The new skepticism arrayed Aristotle against Plato as the earlier skeptics arrayed atomism against the doctrine of the Eleatics. They naturally said: "We have been seeking a long time; what have we gained? Have we obtained any thing certain and determinate? Plato says we have. But Aristotle and Plato do not agree. May not our opinion be as good as theirs? What a diversity of opinions ...
— Christianity and Greek Philosophy • Benjamin Franklin Cocker


Words linked to "Atomism" :   atomist theory, chemical science, atomistic, atomistic theory, psychology, theory, scientific theory, atomistical, atomic theory, holism, psychological science


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