Abstract
We point out that the idea of confined quarks or partons as constituents of the elementary particles was already present in the Greek atomic theory. We describe some similarities and differences between ancient and modern confinement, and we suggest that in both cases the idea is in large part a response to an inherent conflict between the intuitive notion of infinite divisibility and the idea of discrete fundamental atoms of matter.
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