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(Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning chosen of the people) claimed that everything starts from atoms, in a bottom-up .

(Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos ‘people’ and kratos ‘rule’) can be described as top-down mechanisms based on the free association and decision of autonomous individuals.

All is bottom-up or from the inside-out. There is no such thing as top-down causation imposed from the outside. There is only an emergent (internal) level of constraints and other control mechanisms generated by the interaction of individuals fulfilling a common need or objective.

#causation #control #democritus #democracy #emergent

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JBRoss · @jbross
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"Virtue consists not in avoiding wrong-doing, but in having no want for it." — Democritus — — —

#democritus #quote #quotes #virtue #goodness #desire

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PJ · @pj
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(Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people") - was the first to state that everything starts with "", in a " .

(Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') - starts with the bottom-up association and decision of free individuals.

#democritus #atoms #bottomup #democracy #causation

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JBRoss · @jbross
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"Goodness and truth are the same for all. But what is pleasant is different from person to person [ed]." — Democritus — — —

#democritus #quote #quotes #goodness #truth #pleasant #norms #similarities #differences

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Bryan Kam · @bryankam
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Still, it's good to know that praised for denying ; if both and deny it, then it seems like probably did too? @philosophy

#epicurus #Lucretius #Teleology #democritus #bacon

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Andrew Milward · @andrewmilward
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Some highlights from a recent trip to the archaeological museum in .


#naples #heraclitus #democritus #farnesehercules #farneseflora

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Bryan Kam · @bryankam
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I really want to talk to someone about 's anti-teleological view, which tries to blame on a wish to avoid "speculative theology."

I think it's the opposite; Spinoza's theological view comes as a result of his seeing through the anthropomorphic illusion of teleology in nature. In this way, his insight is similar to the and .

Possibly also et al; I have yet to read enough to say for sure.

#philosophy #Lucretius #democritus #epicurus #taoism #darwin #nietzsche #buddha #schopenhauer #spinoza

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