Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph
Later captions make the name a heresy or a materialist mascot. Democritus’s documented role is: He did not file 1841 or a church index. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.
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Later captions make the name a heresy or a materialist mascot. Democritus’s documented role is: He did not file 1841 or a church index. Later parties did. Stored so polarisation under his name is not silent. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Democritus's documented role is: He did not file 1841 or a church index. Later parties did.
Context
Christian and modern partisan files. Named others on the file: Later caption-writers. The public setting is the file around -0418-06-01. The instrument stays Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph. The setting of Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph is the public file around -0418-06-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Polarisation of a name. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is Partisan captions attached to a name are a polarisation path of medium later coefficient, low personal authorship. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Shared responsibility is part of Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph. Naming Democritus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0418-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Democritus
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.24 · verified
He did not file 1841 or a church index. Later parties did. Stored so polarisation under his name is not silent.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactLater Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
impact weight 0.2 · Effect from 1 June 418 · verified
Partisan captions attached to a name are a polarisation path of medium later coefficient, low personal authorship.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.2 × strength 0.76)
Observed
0.48 score from 0 to 1 · 0.29 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.4 score from 0 to 1 to 0.48 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.2 × strength 0.62)
Observed
56.1 Score · 13.7 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: fell from 57 Score to 56.1 Score.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.2 × strength 0.5)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — DemocritusInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
- 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — DemocritusStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Modern encyclopaedias flag popular over-claim and ancient hostility. Official: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Democritus (https://iep.utm.edu/democrit/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Democritus (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Democritus (https://iep.utm.edu/democrit/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Democritus (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Not a fifth-century party registration. Established: a sourced public record of Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph under -0418-06-01.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorDemocritus
- contributed toFactLater Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph
- strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
- strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index
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Factrail. (2026). Later Christian and school captions polarise the atomist name as atheism or as a mascot; those captions are not fifth-century autograph. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dem-heresy-captions
https://factrail.ai/facts/dem-heresy-captions
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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