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Ancient
Democritus: 'Only Atoms and the Void Truly Exist' — The Philosopher Who Rebuilt the World from Particles
Democritus explained all things by means of indivisible atoms and the void, answering Parmenides' challenge while laying the groundwork for a materialist worldview that anticipated modern science.
Modern
Descartes: "I Think, Therefore I Am" - The Single Foothold Left After Doubting Everything
In 1637, an anonymous book shattered inherited certainty. Descartes subjected sensation, memory, and even mathematics to radical doubt, then found one indestructible point: the existence of the doubting self.