Zeno of Elea

noun

1. c490–c430 b.c., Greek philosopher.

Zeno of Elea

noun

1. ?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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For the infinite had already begun to gnaw at the roots of Western thought, thanks to Zeno of Elea, a philosopher reckoned by his contemporaries to be the most annoying man in the West.

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Okay, well at the moment it kinda is, but that’s Zeno of Elea’s fault.

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Zeno of Elea would have been intrigued to realize that he can turn on his car with an app using the Apple Watch on his wrist.

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Zeno of Elea will occur to him, who suffered everything rather than betray his confederates in the design of putting an end to the tyranny.

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The arguments of Zeno of Elea, although formulated with a very different intention, have no other meaning.

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