3. The secondary qualities of matter, νόμῳ, not of Matter-In-Itself.
4. Establishment of the primary qualities of the ἄτομα. Wherein homogeneous, wherein heterogeneous?
5. The aggregate-states of Empedocles (four elements) presuppose only the homogeneous atoms, they themselves cannot therefore be ὄντα.
6. Motion is connected indissolubly with the atoms, effect of gravity. Epicur. Critique: what does gravity signify in an infinite vacuum?
7. Thinking is the motion of the fire-atoms. Soul, life, perceptions of the senses.
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Value of materialism and its embarrassment.
Plato and Democritus.
The hermit-like homeless noble searcher for truth. Democritus and the Pythagoreans together find the basis of natural sciences.
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