philosophy+of+Zeno
61arrow paradox — See Zeno s paradoxes …
62Bayle, Pierre — (1647–1706) French philosopher and sceptic. Born of Protestant parents in the south west of France, Bayle was educated at Toulouse, became Catholic, lapsed, fled to Geneva, and then became professor in the Protestant academy at Sedan in northern… …
63Cleanthes — (c. 331–232 BC) Stoic philosopher, and second head of the Stoic school. Coming between Zeno of Citium, the founder, and Chrysippus, the ‘second founder’ of the Stoic school, Cleanthes has usually been accorded a relatively minor position. However …
64Democritus of Abdera — (c. 460– c. 370 BC) Along with Leucippus, the founder of classical atomism . He was known as very widely travelled, and was called the laughing philosopher. There is a legend, related by Tertullian although denied by Plutarch, that in order to… …
65dichotomy paradox — Another title for the paradox of the racecourse. See Zeno s paradoxes …
66flying arrow paradox — See Zeno s paradoxes …
67infinite divisibility — See Bayle s trilemma, infinity, Zeno s paradoxes …
68millet seed paradox — A version of the Sorites paradox, although associated with Zeno s paradox, as it concerns the creation of a finite quantity from enough cases of ‘nothing’. A single millet seed falling makes no noise. And for any number n, n × 0 = 0. But a finite …
69motion — See space time, Zeno s paradoxes …
70moving rows paradox — (or moving blocks paradox ) See Zeno s paradoxes …
