Sargasso · @sargasso
219 followers · 674 posts · Server social.sargasso.nlHedonisme (4): De tuin van Epikouros https://sargasso.nl/hedonisme-4-de-tuin-van-epikouros/ #Aristippos #Democritus #Demokritos #hellenisme #Filosofie #Epikoeros #hedonisme #epicurus
#aristippos #democritus #demokritos #hellenisme #filosofie #epikoeros #hedonisme #epicurus
Preston MacDougall · @ChemicalEyeGuy
298 followers · 9064 posts · Server mstdn.science
The #OG of #AtomicTheory in #Science , #Democritus.
#StreetArt in #Athens.
#og #atomictheory #Science #democritus #streetart #athens
Marcus Reynolds · @MarcusMASTO
11 followers · 171 posts · Server mas.to
Cheerfulness is the goal of life.
#MargaretMahy
#TheCatalogueOfTheUniverse
#WhyWeLive
#BeCheerful
#Democritus
#democritus #becheerful #whywelive #thecatalogueoftheuniverse #margaretmahy
Kihbernetics · @Kihbernetics
42 followers · 152 posts · Server qoto.org#Democritus (Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning chosen of the people) claimed that everything starts from atoms, in a bottom-up #causation.
#Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos ‘people’ and kratos ‘rule’) can be described as #emergent top-down #control mechanisms based on the free association and decision of autonomous individuals.
All #causation 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
JBRoss · @jbross
13 followers · 238 posts · Server mstdn.party
#Democritus (Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people") - was the first to state that everything starts with "#atoms", in a "#BottomUp #Causation.
#Democracy (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
JBRoss · @jbross
4 followers · 51 posts · Server mstdn.party"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
#democritus #quote #quotes #goodness #truth #pleasant #norms #similarities #differences
Bryan Kam · @bryankam
628 followers · 1046 posts · Server writing.exchangeStill, it's good to know that #Bacon praised #Democritus for denying #teleology; if both #Democritus and #Lucretius deny it, then it seems like #Epicurus probably did too? @philosophy
#epicurus #Lucretius #Teleology #democritus #bacon
Andrew Milward · @andrewmilward
54 followers · 15 posts · Server zirk.us
Some highlights from a recent trip to the archaeological museum in #Naples.
#naples #heraclitus #democritus #farnesehercules #farneseflora
Bryan Kam · @bryankam
417 followers · 915 posts · Server writing.exchangeI really want to talk to someone about #Spinoza's anti-teleological view, which #Schopenhauer 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 #Buddha #Nietzsche #Darwin and #Taoism.
Possibly also #Epicurus #Democritus et al; I have yet to read enough #Lucretius to say for sure.
#philosophy #Lucretius #democritus #epicurus #taoism #darwin #nietzsche #buddha #schopenhauer #spinoza