When1: -287
When2: -270
Who: Strato of Lampsacus
What: philosopher
Where: Athens, Greece
Detail: He lived -335 to -268 and was Lyceum leader after Theophrastus [-287 to -270]. Falling objects accelerate. Objects have different weights because they have different-size voids {doctrine of the void} {void doctrine}. There are no gods or supernatural forces, and world is mechanistic.
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