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Zeno of Elea (/ ˈ z iː n oʊ ... ˈ ɛ l i ə /; Ancient Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεᾱ́της; c. 490 – c. 430 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was a student of Parmenides and one of the Eleatics. Born in Elea, Zeno defended his instructor's belief in monism, the
Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher and mathematician, whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. Zeno is especially known for his paradoxes that contributed to the development of logical and mathematical rigour and that were insoluble until the development of precise concepts of continuity.
Jan 9, 2008 · Zeno of Elea, 5th c. B.C.E. thinker, is known exclusively for propounding a number of ingenious paradoxes. The most famous of these purport to show that motion is impossible by bringing to light apparent or latent contradictions in ordinary assumptions regarding its occurrence.
Apr 30, 2002 · 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 birth date for Zeno around 490 BC.
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).
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.
Zeno of Elea (Greek. Ζήνων) (c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy and a member of the Eleatic School, which began with Xenophanes and was developed by Parmenides. Called by Aristotle the inventor of the dialectic, he is best known for his paradoxes .
Jul 14, 2024 · Zeno of Elea. (c. 490—425 bc) Greek philosopher. 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.
May 17, 2018 · Zeno of Elea. Zeno of Elea (born ca. 490 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher and logician. A member of the Eleatic school of philosophy, he was famous throughout antiquity for the rigorously logical and devastating arguments which he used to show the absurdities and contradictions of his opponents. Zeno was born in the southern Italian city of Elea.
Z ENO of Elea, son of Teleutagoras, was born early in the fifth century B.C. He was the pupil of Parmenides, and his relations with him were so intimate that Plato calls him Parmenides's son ( Soph. 241 D ).
