Leucippus

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  1. 1
    an Ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus, the founder of atomism and the first thinker in western history to consider determinism as a possibility, disciple of Zeno of Elea
  2. 2
    a son of Hercules

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"According to Leucippus and Democritus, the atom was indivisible. Today we know that is not true."

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