Democritus
Greek
Philosopher. He is especially known for a theory of atoms, an idea that affects how we think about and value our place in the world.
Individuals who have had a major impact on the History of Values including our picks for the Top 100
Contemporaries
| 435–354 BCE | Xenophon |
| 460–400 BCE | Thucydides |
| 496–406 BCE | Sophocles |
| 469–399 BCE | Socrates |
| 490–421 BCE | Protagoras |
| 428–347 BCE | Plato |
| 382–336 BCE | Philip II |
| 495–429 BCE | Pericles |
| 515–445 BCE | Parmenides |
| ?–413 BCE | Nicias |
| fl. c. 450–? BCE | Leucippus |
| 436–338 BCE | Isocrates |
| fl. 450 BCE | Hippias of Elis |
| 460–377 BCE | Hippocrates |
| 485–425 BCE | Herodotos |
| ?–460 BCE | Heraclitus |
| 485–380 BCE | Gorgias |
| 480–406 BCE | Euripides |
| 410–320 BCE | Diogenes of Sinope |
| 397–? BCE | Dionysius the Younger |
| 383–322 BCE | Demosthenes |
| fl. 450 BCE | Aspasia |
| 448–388 BCE | Aristophanes |
| 384–322 BCE | Aristotle |
| 445–365 BCE | Antisthenes |
| 500–428 BCE | Anaxagoras |
| 525–456 BCE | Aeschylus |
