Talk:Leucippus

message: The article contains contradicting information:
"Leukippos (Greek: Λεύκιππος, born in 500 BC – died in 450 BC)"
"Around 440 B.C. or 430 B.C. Leucippus found a school at Abdera, which his pupil, Democritus, was closely associated with.[2]"
I believe 450B.C to be incorrect, I do not know what is correct though.
Olemann89 19:03, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The year of Leucippus death. 

message: BCE was introduced 2004 January 27. That makes it the default ERA notation for this article--JimWae (talk) 08:10, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Era notation:BCE 

message: The third sentence/paragraph would be better right after the first, i.e., "Leucippus was one of the earliest Greeks to develop the theory of atomism — the idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible elements called atoms — which was elaborated in greater detail by his pupil and successor, Democritus. He was most likely born in Miletus, although Abdera and Elea are also mentioned as possible birth-places." 
And the third sentence/paragraph works better at the end of the first paragraph of the overview and in paretheses, i.e., "...It is therefore difficult to determine which contributions come from Democritus and which come from Leucippus. (A possible earlier candidate for atomism is Mochus of Sidon, from the Trojan War era [13th or 12th century BCE])."
I didn't want to unilaterally impose these changes. I'm sure someone has been tending this entry, so I defer to that person's judgment. 98.148.115.161 (talk) 16:12, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems reasonable. Please check if I have done it right. (Actually the net effect of the 2 changes is only moving one sentence.) I could always be wrong on this but I think this article is not closely attended by anyone at the moment and such an edit is unlikely to cause controversy. I have been watching it for a while and it gives me the impression of being an article where people (including me) have basically only pasted in notes which someone will one day need to tidy up.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 10:38, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction structure and style 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "He is famous for being murdered by Democritus. Democritus realizing he had surpassed his mentor, wished to return Leucippus to the earth. This historic story, inspired many modern stories, such as that of Star Wars."—I can't find sources for this anywhere?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.53.118.93 (talk) 06:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That was vandalism. It is, thankfully, no longer in the article because the vandalism has now been reverted by another editor. --Katolophyromai (talk) 13:55, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Murdered by Democritus? 

message: What purpose is served by having an anachronistic fantasy portrait of the subject so prominent at the top of the article? Please remove. Spicemix (talk) 21:03, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Fantasy portrait? It's a 17th-century oil painting in the Baroque style by Luca Giordano. Per MOS:IMAGES, it is significant and relevant in the topic's context, not merely decorative, because it illustrates the topic's historical notability. It is the type of image used for similar purposes in high-quality reference works. What would you have expected for a lead image? ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 21:21, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

text: What about changing the caption to "Leucippus, as imagined by the 17th-century painter Luca Giordano", as I did here? ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 21:30, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  fantasy portrait