They developed an idea called " atomism" : That everything is made of lots of lots of tiny, indivisible things.

他们提出了一个叫做“原子论”的想法：一切都是由许多微小的、不可分割的东西组成的。

As Descartes' contemporaries noted, his new theory is somewhat reminiscent of ancient atomism, which likewise made no use of forms or qualities, but explained physical phenomena in terms of the interaction of invisibly small particles.

正如笛卡尔的同时代人所指出的， 他的新理论在某种程度上让人联想到古代的原子论，同样不使用形式或性质的概念，而是通过不可见的小粒子之间的相互作用来解释物理现象。

The third type, which may be called " logical atomism" for want of a better name, has gradually crept into philosophy through the critical scrutiny of mathematics.

第三种类型，由于没有更好的名字，可以称为“逻辑原子论”，它通过对数的批判性渐入。

Because in our like atomistic world view, right, of modern physics, There's, it's a chaotic, there is no grand purpose.

为在现代物理的原子论世界观中，世界是混乱的，不存在宏大的目的。

Democritus's atom theory marked the end of Greek natural philosophy for the time being.

德谟克利特的原子论暂时标志着希腊自然的终结。

1-4THE ATOMISTS 1-4-1Atoms and the Void According to Aristotle, the philosophy of atomism originated as an attempt to overcome the logical consequences of the Eleatic denial of space.

1-4原子论 1-4-1原子与虚空 根据亚里士多德的说法, 原子论起源于试图克服伊利亚特人否认空间的逻辑后果。

For millennia this idea, the concept of what was called atomism, was something that remained theoretical.

几千年来， 这个想法， 所谓的原子论概念，一直停留在理论层面。

Apart from the special form of the atomic theory which was invented for the needs of chemistry, some kind of atomism dominated the whole of traditional dynamics, and was implied in every statement of its laws and axioms.

除了为化需要而发明的特殊形式的原子理论外，某种原子论支配着整个传统动力，并隐含在其定律和公理的每一个陈述中。

A leading corpuscularian of the 17th century, Pierre Gassandy was not coincidentally also a scholar of Epicureanism, an ancient philosophical school that espoused atomism.

17世纪的微粒论领军人物皮埃尔·伽桑狄，恰巧也是伊壁鸠鲁主义的者，这种古老的流派主张原子论。

The only book of Wittgenstein's published during his lifetime is his early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1919), which develops a theory of logical atomism similar to that of Russell's.

维特根斯坦一生中出版的唯一一本书是他早期的 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus（1919 年），该书发展了一种类似于罗素的逻辑原子论理论。

This billiard-ball view of matter dominated the imagination of physicists until quite modern times, until, in fact, it was replaced by the electromagnetic theory, which in its turn is developing into a new atomism.

这种对物质的台球观点一直主导着物理家的想象力，直到相当近代，直到事实上，它被电磁理论所取代，而电磁理论又发展成为一种新的原子论。

For this, you can go back to episode 389, in which we learned how Daniel Sennett, writing in 1619, just when Descartes was collaborating with Beckmann, drew on ancient atomism to explain chemical reactions.

为此，您可以回顾第389集，我们在其中了解到，丹尼尔·塞内特在1619年，即笛卡尔与贝克曼合作期间，如何借鉴古代原子论来解释化反应。

As we're going to see, contemporaries like Gossandi objected to Descartes assuming that the principles of atomism are obviously false.

正如我们将看到的，同时代的人如哥桑迪反对笛卡尔认为原子论的原则显然是错误的观点。

According to logical atomism, we should analyze this statement into its atomic propositions and test their truth or falsity.

根据逻辑原子论，我们应该将这个陈述分析成它的原子命题，并检验它们的真伪。

Through his logical atomism, then, the world would correspond to his specially constructed logical language.

那么，通过他的逻辑原子论，世界将对应于他专门构建的逻辑语言。

It was a revival of ancient atomist theories that were now widely known, thanks to the assiduous labors of those humanists.

这是古代原子论的复兴， 这些理论现在广为人知，多亏了那些人文主义者辛勤的工作。

Wittgenstein in his early life developed a theory of logical atomism similar to that of Russell's.

维特根斯坦在他的早年发展了一种类似于罗素的逻辑原子论理论。

18-1-2Logical Atomism Bertrand Russell's point of departure in philosophy was his admiration for the precision of mathematics.

18-1-2逻辑原子论 伯特兰·罗素（Bertrand Russell）在上的出发点是他对数精确性的钦佩。

The theory of atomism envisioned by Leucippus and Democritus had a long and influential history.

由Leucippus和Democritus设想的原子论理论有着悠久而有影响力的历史。

That is, he attempted to describe the relation between words and facts, as though their description was somehow immune from logical atomist theory itself.

也就是说，他试图描述词语和事实之间的关系，就好像它们的描述在某种程度上不受逻辑原子论本身的影响。