31. The materialist atomism proposed by Leucippus was traditional physics until the nature of atoms was discovered in the 20th century. 32. Anthony Kenny provides a useful analogy for understanding Wittgenstein's logical atomism : a slightly modified game of chess. 33. Parallels may be drawn to Buddhism, which similarly emphasizes a lack of divine interference and aspects of its atomism . 34. Lucretius presents the principles of atomism ; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of traditional Roman deities. 35. Vaisheshika school is known for its insights in naturalism, and it is a form of atomism in natural philosophy. 36. Gross reductionism & mdash; atomism , for example & mdash; consists of reducing a whole to its parts. 37. They had republics, democracies, atomism , evolution, and everything else we have except electricity and nuclear physics. 38. A staunch believer in the Greek idea of atomism , Kepler wondered how water particles stacked themselves to form symmetrical snowflakes. 39. Other traditions in Islam rejected the atomism of the Asharites and expounded on many Greek texts, especially those of Aristotle. 40. The second phase of Buddhist atomism , which flourished in the 7th century CE, was very different from the first.
