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Zeno of elea

Published on Nov 22, 2015

Philosopher Zeno of Elea

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Zeno of elea

By Lexi Karbelnig

Bio

  • Born around 495 in Elea 
  • Died around 430 
  • Thought of as a mathematician 
  • Inventor of dialectic (attributed to him)

major contributions: Paradoxes

  • Nine total
  • Two are most common today
  • Achilles and the Tortoise
  • The Arrow

INFLUENCES

  • Parmenides says all is one
  • Zeno: there is not very many things 
  • Pythagoras's mathematical theorys.

People he influenced

  • Thomas Aquinas: time is not instances
  • Bertrand Russell: Agreed and disagreeded
  • Aristotle: Continumm of coninous motion 

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