[189] Cp. Meyer, iv, § 446, as to the inadequacy of Athenian culture, and the unchanging ignorance of the populace on matters of physical science. [↑]
[190] Plutarch, Against the Stoics, ch. 31; Simplicius, Physica, i, 6. [↑]
[191] Clem. Alex. Protrept. c. 4. [↑]
[192] Refutation of all Heresies, i, 14. [↑]
[193] Cp. Aristotle, Metaphysics, i, 3; De anima, i, 2. [↑]
[194] Decharme, Critique des trad. relig. p. 137, citing scholiast on Aristoph., Clouds, 96. [↑]
[195] See the point discussed by Lange, Geschichte des Materialismus, 3te Aufl. i, 128–29, 131–32, notes 10 and 31 (Eng. tr. i, 15, 39). Ritter and Preller say “Protagoras floret circa a. 450–430”; “Democritus natus circa a. 460 floret a. 430–410, obit. circa a. 357.” [↑]
[196] Cp. Ueberweg, i, 68–69; Renouvier, Manuel de la philos. anc. i, 238. [↑]