Astro*Dictionary by Michael Erlewine
1 article for "Leucippus"
Leucippus [Astro*Index](lyoo-sip'us)
(BC490-?)
Thought to be the inventor of atomism and teacher of Democritus; he was the first to advance the rule of causality, which affirms that every event is the result of a natural cause.
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