Democritus (460-370 BCE) Greek Presocratic philosopher born in Thrace whose surviving fragments reveal that he wrote on physics, math, ethics and music.
His atomic theory, coming to us through Aristotle, posits an infinite number of differently shaped and everlasting atoms (tiny indivisible particles) that randomly combine to create an infinite number of worlds throughout time. Each world displays natural laws but since randomly generated, they are not under any sort of intelligent direction from a creator.
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