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Democritus and Secondary Qualities
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Robert Pasnau
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December 4, 2007
Abstract
Democritus is generally understood to have anticipated the seventeenthcentury distinction between primary and secondary qualities. I argue that this is not the case, and that instead for Democritus all sensible qualities are conventional.
Published Online: 2007-12-04
Published in Print: 2007-07-20
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