The Presocratic philosopher Democritus couldn't help but laugh at the follies of mankind, this propensity would gain him the moniker "the laughing philosopher." Join me in discovering perhaps the most profound philosopher prior to Pericelan Greece. The Atomic theory of matter that was propounded by the Atomists still, to this day, remains the greatest feat of reason of that era.

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References:
The History of Western Philosophy Bertrand Russell
101 Great Philosophers Madsen Pirie
Philosophy 101 Paul Kleinman
Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy (Third Edition) Cohen, Curd, Reeve, EDS.
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