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formuchdeliberation<p>"People ask the gods for health in their prayers, but do not realize that the control of their health lies with them; through lack of self-control they act in opposition to it and so themselves betray their health to their desires."</p><p>~ Democritus<br> Fragments</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democritus</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/selfcontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfcontrol</span></a></p>
RocketshipRetro<p>🟡 Only Atoms &amp; Space, Democritus, c. 460–370 B.C.E.⁣<br>⁣<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democritus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Essence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essence</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existence</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quotations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotations</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reality</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>⁣<br>⁣<br>Vintage ◦ Classic ◦ Historical | Art ◦ Design ◦ Inspiration | Restored ◦ Enhanced ◦ Remixed⁣<br>⁣<br>Prints, T-Shirts, Stickers, &amp; More by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rocketshipretro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rocketshipretro</span></a></span> via RedBubble → <a href="https://bigplanetprints.com/go/gRZGR9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bigplanetprints.com/go/gRZGR9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> Who’s gonna tell him? <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JohnDalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnDalton</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AtomicTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtomicTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democritus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p>It's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HootinTootinTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HootinTootinTuesday</span></a> again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FunnyMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyMeme</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grammar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EditorsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EditorsLife</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BaroqueArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaroqueArt</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BaroquePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaroquePainting</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democritus</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DiegoVelazquez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiegoVelazquez</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Editing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EditorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EditorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Editors</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> Yes, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HappyBirthday</span></a> 🎂 to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/physicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physicist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MaxPlanck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaxPlanck</span></a> , who in 1900 was the founder of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> - of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a>.</p><p>But a century earlier, using empirical data from 18th century <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JohnDalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnDalton</span></a> correctly postulated what could be called the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/QuantumTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTheory</span></a> of mass when he resurrected and modernized the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AncientGreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientGreek</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Atomism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atomism</span></a> attributed to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democritus</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_atomic_theory" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor</span><span class="invisible">y_of_atomic_theory</span></a></p>
Gregory B Sadler<p>Things will inevitably go wrong, people will do wrong, motivated in bad ways. Should you cry over it? Or should you laugh about them? Or is there a better response? Here's a bit about Seneca's advice to us</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/practical-rationality/senecas-insights-of-crying-laughing-or-accepting-7a0bdfba00e1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/practical-rationali</span><span class="invisible">ty/senecas-insights-of-crying-laughing-or-accepting-7a0bdfba00e1</span></a><br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Seneca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seneca</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advice</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Stoicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stoicism</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Heraclitus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heraclitus</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democritus</span></a></p>
Let's Talk Philosophy<p><strong>The Philosophy Of Democritus And The Atomists</strong></p> <p><a href="https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/301dc49b-bc46-4834-b794-54ff961933e1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/videos/watch/301dc</span><span class="invisible">49b-bc46-4834-b794-54ff961933e1</span></a></p>
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