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WHAT ARE THE INDIVISIBLES?

Explore the concept of indivisibles proposed by Democritus in ancient Greece. Learn about the idea that there are particles that cannot be further cut into smaller pieces, called atoms. Discover the implications of this concept for our understanding of the material world.

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WHAT ARE THE INDIVISIBLES?

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  1. WHAT ARE THE INDIVISIBLES?

  2. And now, a word from an old Greek dude…

  3. Democritus

  4. Democritus(460 BC – 370 BC)

  5. Democritus(460 BC – 370 BC) G eiasaz!

  6. Now, let me see…

  7. If I were to cut an object…

  8. …say, a block of wood…

  9. …into smaller and smaller pieces,

  10. I think that…

  11. …eventually…

  12. …I will reach a point…

  13. …where I can cut it no further.

  14. And why do I think this?

  15. Well, consider this…

  16. Check this out…

  17. To see the animation, click on the picture

  18. Now..

  19. …what if I could cut and cut…

  20. …and cut and cut…

  21. forever

  22. ad infinitum

  23. Oh, let’s just say a hell of a long time.

  24. What would eventually happen?

  25. Discuss it amongst yourselves…

  26. I’ll wait.

  27. I don’t have much to do, really.

  28. I’m a head on a BOX!

  29. Well…?

  30. Did you come up with some ideas?

  31. What did you come up with?

  32. OK.

  33. Now here’s what I think…

  34. I believe there exists…

  35. …at the smallest level…

  36. …an INDIVISIBLE.

  37. A thing that cannot be cut into smaller pieces.

  38. ÁTOMOS, as we say in Greek.

  39. If that were NOT the case…

  40. …then, after cutting for an infinitely long time,

  41. I would be left with nothing.

  42. Zero.

  43. Zilch.

  44. Nada.

  45. Since what I see around me…

  46. …this MATERIAL world…

  47. …cannot possibly be made out of…

  48. NOTHING

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