Zeno of Elea
Title: Zeno of Elea
Category: /Science & Technology/Mathematics
Details: Words: 426 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Zeno of Elea
Category: /Science & Technology/Mathematics
Details: Words: 426 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
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
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are shrinking infinitely at the same rate,
then eventually they will equal a certain number, not infinity as both Zeno's argument and
yours suggest. A simpler way to explain this would be to say that if the first half of the
semester takes a certain amount of time, and time always passes at the same rate, then the
second half of the semester will also take a certain amount of time, which can be
measured.