"δοκεῖ δὲ αὐτῶι τάδε· ἀρχὰς εἶναι τῶν ὅλων ἀτόμους καὶ κενόν, τὰ δ'ἀλλα πάντα νενομίσθαι [δοξάζεσθαι]."
— Atom

January 1, 1970

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Variant translation: The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. — As translated by Robert Drew Hicks (1925)