| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The hypothesis of Leucippus, Democr tus, and Epic rus, that the world is composed of a congeries of atoms, or particles of matter so minute as to be incapable of further diminution. | 1 |
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Of course it is quite impossible even to think of a portion of matter which has not an upper and under side, with some breadth and thickness. |
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“According to Democrtus, the expounder of the Atomic Theory of matter, images composed of the finest atoms floated from the object to the mind.”—McCosh: Psychological Cognitive Powers, p. 23. |
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