Democritus

Reading notes

• The Art of Poetry §293-306 Democritus

  The Greek philosopher who held that native genius outdoes mere art and that the poet must be touched with madness.

• The Epistles §1.12 Democritus'

  Atomist philosopher of Abdera (5th c. BC), famed for laughing at human folly and for neglecting his fields while lost in thought.