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zeno of elea

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an ancient greek `philosopher` (c. 490–430 bce) known for his paradoxes that challenge the concepts of motion, plurality, and space. he was a student of parmenides and contributed significantly to the development of dialectical reasoning and the philosophy of `monism`. zeno was a defender of parmenides' doctrine that reality is unchanging and indivisible, using his paradoxes to argue that motion and multiplicity are illusions. his ideas laid the groundwork for later developments in `mathematics`, `physics`, and `logic`, influencing thinkers like `aristotle` and modern mathematical theorists. famous paradoxes: `achilles` and the tortoise: demonstrates that a faster runner (achilles) can never overtake a slower one if the latter has a head start, questioning the nature of infinite divisibility. the dichotomy paradox: argues that to travel a certain distance, one must first travel half of it, then half of the remaining half, leading to an infinite regress. the arrow paradox: claims that an arrow in flight is actually at rest at any single instant, implying motion is an illusion.

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