Zeno of Elea
noun
c490–c430 b.c., Greek philosopher.
- Also called Zeno.
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Zeno of Elea
noun
?490–?430 bc, Greek Eleatic philosopher; disciple of Parmenides. He defended the belief that motion and change are illusions in a series of paradoxical arguments, of which the best known is that of Achilles and the tortoise
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