Zeno of Elea (/ˈziːnoʊ ... ˈɛliə/; Ancient Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεᾱ́της; c. 490 – c. 430 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea, in Southern Italy...
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Zeno's paradoxes are a series of philosophical arguments presented by the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC), primarily known through...
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Eleatics (redirect from School of Elea)
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "Zeno of Elea". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "Zeno's Paradoxes". Stanford...
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(surname) Zeno of Elea (c. 490 – c. 430 BCE), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BCE), founder of the Stoic...
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Velia (redirect from Elea (ancient city))
of the philosophers Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, as well as the Eleatic school of which they were a part. The site of the acropolis of ancient Elea was...
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Parmenides (redirect from Parmenides of Elea)
founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy, which also included Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos. Zeno's paradoxes of motion were developed to defend...
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to the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea. Zeno machines play a crucial role in some theories. The theory of the Omega Point devised by physicist Frank...
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(Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, and Melissus) followed in the 5th century BC. Parmenides claimed that only one thing exists and nothing can change. Zeno and Melissus...
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Parmenides (dialogue) (category Dialogues of Plato)
account of a meeting between the two great philosophers of the Eleatic school, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, and a young Socrates. The occasion of the meeting...
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Acron (redirect from Acron of Acragas)
Tfd›Greek: Ἄκρων), son of Zeno of Elea, was a Greek physician born at Agrigentum (Gk. Acragas) in Magna Graecia. The exact dates of Acron is not known; but...
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He is only known from an anecdote in connection with the philosopher Zeno of Elea, whom Nearchus tortured and, according to some sources, executed for...
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the succession goes Pythagoras (“pupil of Pherecydes”), Telauges (his son), Xenophanes, Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Leucippus, Democritus (“who had many...
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Duration (philosophy) (category Concepts in the philosophy of mind)
as a defense of free will in a response to Immanuel Kant, who believed free will was only possible outside time and space. Zeno of Elea believed reality...
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Achilles and the Tortoise refers to the motion paradox by Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, Achilles and the Tortoise. Kitano plays Machisu, who is born into a...
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Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Heraclitus and Democritus. As such, it was influential in the development of the philosophy of science in general. The concept of motion...
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origins of the technique in philosophy imponderable. It was established with Diodorus Cronus (died c. 284 BCE). The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea were reported...
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Infinity (redirect from History of infinity)
"potential infinity" is an aberration from the general trend of this period. Zeno of Elea (c. 495 – c. 430 BC) did not advance any views concerning the...
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Xenophanes (redirect from Xenophanes of Colophon)
succession of the so-called "Italian school". It had similarly been common since antiquity to see Xenophanes as the teacher of Zeno of Elea, the colleague of Parmenides...
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Oenopides Philolaus Philon Theaetetus Theodorus Thymaridas Xenocrates Zeno of Elea Apollonius Archimedes Aristarchus Autolycus Chrysippus Conon Ctesibius...
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philosopher Parmenides of Elea had posited that existence is timeless and change is impossible (an idea popularized by his disciple Zeno of Elea and his paradoxes...
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Achilles (category Kings of the Myrmidons)
on Achilles that are completely lost today. The philosopher Zeno of Elea centred one of his paradoxes on an imaginary footrace between "swift-footed"...
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Euclidean geometry, Pythagorean theorem Zeno of Elea (c. 490 BC – c. 430 BC) – Euclidean geometry Hippocrates of Chios (born c. 470 – 410 BC) – first systematically...
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Xenarchus of Seleucia – Philosophy, Philology Xenophanes– Philosophy, Theology Xenophon – History Zeno of Citium – Philosophy Zeno of Elea – Philosophy...
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problem by Zeno of Elea in one of many demonstrations that movement is impossible to define satisfactorily. The second of Zeno's paradoxes is that of Achilles...
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Leucippus (redirect from Leucippus of Miletus)
student of Zeno of Elea, though various ancient records have suggested Melissus of Samos, Parmenides, and Pythagoras as possible instructors of Leucippus...
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0 (redirect from History of zero)
nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. By AD 150, Ptolemy...
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This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...
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same name, as in the case of Zeno the Stoic and Zeno of Elea; likewise, patronymics or other biographic details (such as city of origin, or another place...
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Pluralist. Zeno of Elea (c. 490 – 430 BC). Of the Eleatics. Known for his paradoxes. Gorgias. (c. 483 – 375 BC). Sophist. Early advocate of solipsism....
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the idea. At approximately the same time, Zeno of Elea discredited infinitesimals further by his articulation of the paradoxes which they seemingly create...
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