Later reports leave Democritus and Leucippus under a joint atomist heading that this catalog does not pretend to unpick

The public atomist heading is joint or prior with Leucippus as later printed. Democritus’s documented role is: He is not hereby proved the sole author, nor is Leucippus deleted. The joint file is the instrument. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Democritus's documented role is: He is not hereby proved the sole author, nor is Leucippus deleted. The joint file is the instrument.

Context

Fifth-century Ionia/Abdera as received. Named others on the file: Leucippus; later doxographers. The public setting is the file around -0435-01-01. The instrument stays Later reports leave Democritus and Leucippus under a joint atomist heading that this catalog does not pretend to unpick. The setting of Later reports leave Democritus and Leucippus under a joint atomist heading that this catalog does not pretend to unpick is the public file around -0435-01-01. Driver political-polarization 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

Identity-file opacity, not a duel. Welfare reading worsening. 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 reports leave Democritus and Leucippus under a joint atomist heading that this catalog does not pretend to unpick. Naming Democritus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0435-01-01 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.