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"Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly."

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About Democritus

Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with early atomism. He is remembered for proposing that matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void and for ethical teachings linked to cheerfulness.

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