Democritus

                 It spells out the laughing philosopher because that was his nickname.  

The first puzzle is solved by puting all of the letters in red into words as your see them in order from left to right.

Greek pre-Socratic philosopher

studied under Leucippus in Thrace

Emphasised

the

importance

of cheerfulness

The next secret message says never trust atoms, they make up everything.  This is because as far as scientists know atoms are the most basic complete units of matter.

According to "Molecular Mechanisms for Sensory Signals: Recognition and Transformation"  By Edward M. Kosower page 73 paragraph 2, Democritus believed that the shapes of molecules (particles) determined their taste.  angular = sour, spherical = sweet, hooked spheres = bitter.  You can see from the pictures that represent his depictions above that the fire is   very.... POINTY.  Maybe, pointy = painful?  I am not            sure but I am amazed by how many things he got correct!  

Can you find all

of the secret messages?

What do you think?  What if you were to take a piece of paper and cut in half and cut that half in half and cut that half in half, and so on until you got a size that was smaller than microscopic?  Would you eventually be left with something you could not cut in half?  Or is it possible to cut anything in half?

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