Editing Democritus (section)

===Aesthetics===
Later Greek historians consider Democritus to have established [[aesthetics]] as a subject of investigation and study,{{sfn|Tatarkiewicz|2006|p=89}} as he wrote theoretically on poetry and fine art long before authors such as [[Aristotle]]. Specifically, Thrasyllus identified six works in the philosopher's oeuvre which had belonged to aesthetics as a discipline, but only fragments of the relevant works are extant; hence of all Democritus writings on these matters, only a small percentage of his thoughts and ideas can be known.