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Empedocles 490-430 BC Greek Philosopher

Empedocles is known as a great politician, poet, philosopher, and physician. He was born into a rich aristocratic family and had a desire for science and learning. People believed that Empedocles held magical powers and had the ability to control storms. Empedocles major theory was that all matter was composed of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. This belief became a standard for scientist for thousands of years.

Democritus

born in the year 460 BC and died around the year 370 BC Greek philosopher

Democritus is the man who started the idea of the Atomic Theory of the cosmos. He is looked upon the father of modern science. he came up with the topic that atoms are indestructible and have space between them. they are of different shapes, sizes, and temperatures. Democritus worked very hard with the works of Leucippus that said that all the elements were indestructible and were called atoms.

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Aristotle 384 BC- 322BC Greek

Aristotle is well renowned for his work in physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, logic, zoology, biology, government, and ethics. He was a student of at Plato’s Academy until Plato’s death. He later developed his own school known as the Lyceum where he taught many future kings including, Alexander the Great, who became conquer of the known world. With his highly regarded reputation be simply became known as, “The Philosopher.” Aristotle is accredited with the theory that objects prefer to be at rest. This meant when an object moved it was trying to find its balance within the universe. Such as, if a rock falls it falls to the earth because it is trying to get to its earth realm and and smoke moves upwards because it is trying to reach its air realm.

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