What’s the meaning of life? Life‚ the most precious thing I have ever seen‚ that always comes to an end which we don’t really want to‚ but do we live for a precise purpose? I am sure that we do otherwise we wouldn’t be here in the first place. I never thought that asking myself” what is the meaning of life?” will be this difficult to answer until I started writing this paper. I think the meaning of life is experience and knowledge. Experience and knowledge are two different things but when you
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scientist called Democritus‚ who developed the idea that everything is made up of smaller things‚ which he named atomos. Due to his revelation in science many people consider him to be the ’Father of modern science’‚ although his work wasn’t solely basedon science he was able to use the work of philosophers such as Leucippus and Anaxagoras. Democritus also believed that between atoms there was nothing but empty space‚ that they are indestructible and they are always in motion. Democritus also believed
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Socrates and Plato used critical and analytical thinking patterns in their philosophical quest for knowledge. The questioning of why and how or critical and analytical thinking are the foundations of their beliefs. Plato was the student and Socrates the teacher. Socrates believed that reasoning could give meaning to the what‚ how and why of moral judgment and Plato believed this type of reasoning would give understanding to “the perfect Goodness” (pg. 17). Plato believed that this kind of thinking
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choose a job. However‚ it is true and I cannot ignore it. Money is quite important when we live in this world. As Epicurus said‚ “Wherefore both when young and old a man must study philosophy‚ that as he grows old he may be young in blessings through the grateful recollection of what has been‚ and that fin youth he may be old as well‚ since he will know no fear of what is to come” (Epicurus‚ 84). How a youth can no fear of what is to come? I can think
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Democritus was born in 460 BCE (estimated) in Abdera‚ Thrace. Democritus also known as the “Laughing Philosopher”. His theory was the matter could not be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever‚ eventually the smallest possible piece would be obtained‚ and the piece would be invisible. He named the small piece of matter “atomos” meaning “not to be cut”. But as the time continued Aristotle‚ another Greek philosopher‚ thought that the atomic theory was worthless and then dismissed it. He on
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30. Democritus 32. Democritus thought that Atoms move though empty space composed of matter‚ while Dalton thought that matter is composed of atoms. 34. The technology didn’t exist at the time. 36. His theory said that atoms aren’t indivisible and all atoms of an element are not exactly the same. 38. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. A door and a table. 40. It was evenly distributed. 42. a. Electron cloud b. Protons c. Neutrons 44. The number of protons equals the number
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and earthquakes whereas moral evil is evil inflicted against humankind e.g. murder and theft. Epicurus‚ an ancient Greek Philosopher‚ stated: ‘Is God willing to prevent evil‚ but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able‚ but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?’ Unraveling this ‘riddle’‚ Epicurus seems to be suggesting that either God wants to eradicate evil‚ and cannot; or he can‚ but does
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Answer Key of worksheet # 1 Democritus Proposes the Atom 1. The word atom comes from a Greek word that means indivisible 2. Which of the following statements is part of Democritus’s theory about atoms? a. Atoms are the smallest piece of matter. 3. We know that Democritus was right about atoms. So why did people ignore Democritus’s ideas for such a long time? Democritus’s ideas were ignored for a long time because he had no proof of the atoms existence. Dalton Creates an Atomic Theory Based on
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Pineda‚ Carlitos Miguel Ponce M. January 9‚ 2013 AIT2A Natural Science 12 ATOM DEVELOPMENT WITH SCIENTISTS INVOLVED 400 B.C. - Democritus’ atomic theory posited that all matter is made up small indestructible units he called atoms. Democritus expanded the idea to state that matter was composed of small particles called "atoms" that could be divided no further. These atoms were all composed of the same primary matter with the only differences between them being their size‚ shape
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Heat‚ Kinetic Energy and Temperature SCI 110 02/01/2013 The study of heat relate to Kinetic theory of matter is that universe is made up of matter and energy. Matter is made up of atoms and molecules. Atoms and molecules are always in motion because energy. Energy forces them to contact into each other or vibrate back and forth. When this happens molecules and atoms
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