Note 783 — BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. (continued 3)
John Bostock translation
Born at Abdera in Thrace, about B.C. 460. He was one of the founders of the atomic theory, and looked upon peace of mind as the summum bonum of mortals. He wrote works on the nature and organization of the world, on physics, on contagious maladies, on the chameleon, and on other subjects.