In existographies, Zeno of Elea (495-435BC) (IQ:155|#475) (Cattell 1000:726) (Stokes 100:6) (Eells 100:100) (GPhE:#) (ACR:12) (CR:19) was a Greek-Italian philosopher, was one of three main philosophers of the Eleatic school, founded by Parmenides, whose third member includes Melissus (500-440BC) — whose essential tenets were the denial of change, denial of the void (or non-being), denial of movement, in support of the overarching postulate of continuity of being (or being oneness), or something along these lines — generally known for his famous paradoxes, e.g. Achilles and the tortoise, which aimed to repudiate plurality and change, and thus motion.
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Zeno:
“The disciples of Parmenides and Melissus [e.g. Zeno of Elea] have rejected the existence of movement. Aristotle labeled them immobilists and antiphysicists: immobilists because of paralysis, and antiphysicists because movement is the very essence of nature, and to pretend, as they did, that nothing moves is tantamount to abolishing nature.”
— Sextus Empiricus (c.200AD) [1]
See also
● Zeno of Citium (335-260BC) | Stoicism founder
References
1. Pullman, Bernard. (1998). The Atom in the History of Human Thought (pg. 21). Oxford University Press.
External links
● Zeno of Elea – Wikipedia.
