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title: On the Cosmos and Necessity
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Leucippus the Atomist
eul_wid: dra-ab
eul_aid: dra
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/leucippus-cosmos-necessity-dra-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic
domain: Philosophy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Cosmos and Necessity

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Leucippus the Atomist

**eul_wid:** `dra-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/leucippus-cosmos-necessity-dra-ab)

## Text

### book 1

ACHILL. Isag. 1, 13 τοὺς ἀστέρας δὲ ζῶια εἶναι οὔτε Ἀναξαγόραι [59 A 79] οὔτε Δημοκρίτωι ἐν τῶι Μεγάλωι διακόσμωι δοκεῖ.

### book 1a.1

PAP. HERCUL. 1788 (Coll. alt. vol. VIII) fr. 1 (Crönert Kolotes[ln_2n]u. Mened. 1 S. 147):[ln_1]γ〉ράφων 〈ὅτι ......... τὰ〉 αὐτὰ πρότε〈ρον εἴρηται ἐν〉 τῶι Με〈γ〉άλω〈ι διακόσμω〉ι, ὅν

### book 1a.2

φασιν εἶνα〈ι[ln_5]Λευκίππου.〉 κἀπ〈ὶ〉 το〈σ〉οῦτο τὸ τῶν ἄλλ〉ων 〈ἰ〉διοποιούμενος ἐλέγχετ’ ο〉ὐ μόνον ἐν τῶ〈ι Μικρῶι δι〉ακόσμωι

### book 1a.3

τιθεί〈ς ἃ κἀν τῶι〉 Με〈γάλωι κεῖται

### book 2.1

[ln_1]AËT. I 25, 4 (D. 321) Λεύκιππος πάντα κατ’ ἀνάγκην, τὴν δ’ αὐτὴν ὑπάρχειν εἱμαρμένην. λέγει γὰρ ἐν τῶι

### book 2.2

Περὶ νοῦ· [para]οὐδὲν

### book 2.3

χρῆμα μάτην γίνεται, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐκ λόγου

### book 2.4

τε καὶ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκης.

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