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ATOMISM

Atomism originated with ancient Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus, who theorized that all matter is made up of fundamental indivisible particles called atoms. They proposed that atoms come in different shapes and sizes and combine in various arrangements to form all substances. In the early 1800s, chemist John Dalton revived the concept of atoms to explain chemical reactions, proposing that atoms are the basic units of elements and cannot be created or destroyed in chemical reactions. Aristotle was an influential ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who made seminal contributions across many fields and is credited with establishing the foundations of modern science through empirical observation and systematic experimentation.

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ATOMISM

Atomism originated with ancient Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus, who theorized that all matter is made up of fundamental indivisible particles called atoms. They proposed that atoms come in different shapes and sizes and combine in various arrangements to form all substances. In the early 1800s, chemist John Dalton revived the concept of atoms to explain chemical reactions, proposing that atoms are the basic units of elements and cannot be created or destroyed in chemical reactions. Aristotle was an influential ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who made seminal contributions across many fields and is credited with establishing the foundations of modern science through empirical observation and systematic experimentation.

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ATOMISM

Atomism in original
• The original conception of atomism suggests that the
process of dividing the matter has a limit:
The “atom”, which cannot be divided more into
composing parts
• The matter itself is defined in turn as what consists of
atoms
• The initial concept originates from Leucippus and
Democritus, and perhaps earlier. The etymology of
atom (from Greek ἄτομον, atomon, i.e. "uncuttable",
"indivisible")
• The atomists theorized that nature consists of two
fundamental principles: atom and void. Unlike their
modern scientific namesake in atomic theory,
philosophical atoms come in an infinite variety of
shapes and sizes, each indestructible, immutable
and surrounded by a void where they collide with
the others or hook together forming a cluster.
Clusters of different shapes, arrangements, and
positions give rise to the various macroscopic
substances in the world.
John Dalton’s atom
• John dalton (1803), a chemist, was who revived the ancient
philosophical concept of atom for an experimental science
such as chemistry
• According to his conception:
• The atom is the least unit of any chemical element defined
by its mass
• The atoms cannot be decomposed, neither created
• They are identical: all chemical reactions are only some
recombination of atoms
• In other words, the atoms are granted as the units of
chemical matter
Founder of atomism
• Leucippus and democritus
Aristotle
• Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher
and scientist born in the city of Stagira,
Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of
Classical Greece.
• Born: 384 BC, Stagira
• Died: 322 BC, Chalcis, Greece
• Education: Platonic Academy (367 BC–347 BC)
• Greek philosopher from the 4th century BC
• Most brilliant student of plato & teacher of
alexander the great
• Contributed immensely in the fields of
metaphysics, logic, ethics, politics, literary
criticism, natural sciences etc.
• Credited with writing the first text on theory
of drama – tragedy.
• Wrote his famous work on criticism – poetics
How Aristotle invented science. The great ancient
Greek, and life on Earth.
Alchemy
• Alchemy – is a power or process of transforming something common
into something special.
• Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced
throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. It aimed to purify, mature, and
perfect certain objects. Common aims were chrysopoeia,
the transmutation of "base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble metals"
(particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; the
creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development
of an alkahest, a universal solvent. The perfection of the human
body and soul was thought to permit or result from the alchemical
magnum opus and, in the Hellenistic and western tradition, the
achievement of gnosis. In Europe, the creation of a philosopher's
stone was variously connected with all of these projects.
Alchemist
• One who has versed in the practice of alchemy and who
sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the
philosopher’s stone.
Symbols
Remember that Life Is a
matter of choice and we
are the product of the
choice we made.
Thankyou damn.

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