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

他们提出叫做“原子论”的想法：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作用来解释物理现象。

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.

这种对物质的台球点直主导着物理学家的想象力，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种新的原子论。

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

因为在现代物理学的原子论中，是混乱的，不存在宏大的目的。

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。

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哲学的终结。

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

几千年来， 这想法， 所谓的原子论概念，直停留在理论层面。

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点。

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。

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，多亏那些人文主义者辛勤的工作。

Another problem with logical atomism is that it cannot adequately explain its own theory.

逻辑原子论的另问题是它不能充分解释自己的理论。