Kozmológia: Rozdiel medzi revíziami

| The universe contains only two things: an infinite number of tiny seeds, or [[atom]]s, and the void of infinite extent. All atoms are made of the same substance, but differ in size and shape. Objects are formed from atom aggregations and decay back into atoms. Incorporates [[Leucippus]]' principle of [[causality]]: "nothing happens at random; everything happens out of reason and necessity." The universe was not ruled by [[gods]].{{citation needed|reason=Ancient greeks typically believed that nothing was random *because* there were gods -- for instance, when you elected a leader by drawing straws, the person 'randomly' elected leader was the one chosen by the gods! The random selection was intended to minimize human influence on the outcome of the election, not to eliminate the influence of mount olympus -- which would have been considered impossible, by typical greek thinkers at least. Perhaps Anaxagoras was atypical in *that* way, as well as atypical in believing in some primitive version of the atomic theory, but methinks not.|date=January 2013}}