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Essay Galaxy - Zeno of Elea
Zeno of Elea
Zeno of Elea was born in Elea, Italy, in 490 B.C. He died there in 430
B.C., in an attempt to oust the city's tyrant. He was a noted pupil of
Parmenides, from whom he learned most of his doctrines and political ideas. He
believed that what exists is one, permanent, and unchanging. Zeno argued
against multiplicity and motion. He did so by showing the contradictions that
result from assuming that they were real. His argument against multiplicity
stated that if the many exists, it must be both infinitely large and infinitely
small, and it must be both limited and unlimited in number. His argument
against motion is characterized by two famous illustrations: the flying arrow,
and the runner in the race. It is the illustration with the runner that is
associated the first part of the assignment. In this illustration, Zeno argued
that a runner can nev....
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