I roto i te mutunga o te rau tau rima BCE, i whakawakia te Greek lyric poet Diagoras o Melos ki te mate i roto i Athens i raro i te whakapae o te "te tangata atua" (<unk>θεος) i muri i hanga e ia te tawai o te Eleusinian Mysteries, engari rere ia i te pa whiu. Kua ngā kaituhi muri kua Diagoras rite te "te tuatahi atheist", engari e kore ko ia pea he atheist i roto i te tikanga o te kupu hou o te tangata. Heoi, i te mea o te hunga whakapono o mua-Socratic pērā i Democritus tamata ki te whakamārama i te ao i roto i te ara māori, me te whakamāramatia te karakia rite Socrates Democritus rite te reinga rite te tauhohenga o te tangata ki ngā āhuatanga tūturu, engari kihai i tino whakakahore i te ora o te tangata. "Ko te tikanga o te hunga whakaaro nui, rite Protagoras, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, ko te hunga whakaaro nui, ko te hunga whakaaro nui
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