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activities ancient animals antiquity appeared Aristotle Athenian Athens Atomists atoms became become body causes Century city-states civilization conception created critical culture democratic Democritus direct divine earth elements Epicurean Epicurus essential everything example existence explain external fact forces give gods Greece Greek hand human idealism idealists ideas important Ionian Italy knowledge land later living logic Lucretius magic mankind Marxism materialism materialist matter means ment merchants method Milesians Miletus mind moral motion movement nature needs objective observation opposition origins outlook passed phenomena philosophy physical Plato political positions practice principle problems processes production progress rational reality reason relations religion religious remained rule says scientific senses slave social society Socrates Sophists soul stages theory things thinkers thought tion took trade true truth turn universe views