# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:43:53.084Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Democritus came from Abdera in the fifth century BC and wrote across subjects now lost to us entirely, surviving only in fragments and rivals' accounts. Aristotle referenced him constantly, treating him as a serious opponent in natural philosophy. The atomic theory — matter composed of unsplittable units moving through empty space — was his signature claim, a guess built on logic rather than instruments. Antiquity nicknamed him the laughing philosopher, not for frivolity but for his insistence that cheerfulness had intrinsic worth. Everything he wrote is gone; what remains are the breadcrumbs others left behind.