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Apr 30, 2002 · Zeno’s Paradoxes. First published Tue Apr 30, 2002; substantive revision Wed Mar 6, 2024. Almost everything that we know about Zeno of Elea is to be found in the opening pages of Plato’s Parmenides. There we learn that Zeno was nearly 40 years old when Socrates was a young man, say 20. Since Socrates was born in 469 BC we can estimate a ...
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 the works of Plato, Aristotle, and later commentators like Simplicius of Cilicia.
Sep 2, 2009 · Zeno of Elea (l. c.465 BCE) was a Greek philosopher of the Eleatic School and a student of the elder philosopher Parmenides (l.c. 485 BCE) whose work influenced the philosophy of Socrates (l. c. 470/469-399 BCE). Zeno and Parmenides are both defined by modern-day scholarship as Pre-Socratic philosophers in that their work pre-dates Socrates.
about 425 BC. Elea, Lucania (now southern Italy) Summary. Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher famous for posing so-called paradoxes which challenged mathematicians' view of the real world for many centuries. View two larger pictures. Biography. Very little is known of the life of Zeno of Elea.
1. Zeno of Elea a. His Life. Zeno was born in about 490 B.C.E. in the city-state of Elea, now Velia, on the west coast of southern Italy; and he died in about 430 B.C.E. He was a friend and student of Parmenides, who was twenty-five years older and also from Elea. He was not a mathematician.
Mar 10, 2015 · Zeno of Elea (c. 490–post-450 BCE) is an early Greek philosopher famous for developing a set of ingenious paradoxes that challenge ordinary assumptions regarding plurality and motion. In Plato’s Parmenides , Zeno is made to endorse a description of his arguments as all aiming to show that there are not many things.
Mar 24, 2024 · Quick Reference. ( c. 490 bc– c. 430 bc) Greek philosopher. Zeno was born at Elea (now Velia in Italy) and in about 450 bc accompanied his teacher, Parmenides, to Athens. There he propounded the theories of the Eleatic school and became famous for his series of paradoxes and his invention of dialectic.
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