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Zeno of Elea
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Zeno of Elea (c. 490–c. 430 BC)

Greek philosopher. He pointed out several paradoxes that raised ‘modern’ problems of space and time. For example, motion is an illusion, since an arrow in flight must occupy a determinate space at each instant, and therefore must be at rest.



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