Zeno Of Elea

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Term Paper Title	Zeno Of Elea
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Zeno of Elea

Zeno of Elea

     Zeno of Elea was born in Elea, Italy, in 490 B.C.  He died there in 430
B.C., in an attempt to oust the city's tyrant.  He was a noted pupil of
Parmenides, from whom he learned most of his doctrines and political ideas.  He
believed that what exists is one, permanent, and unchanging.  Zeno argued
against multiplicity and motion.  He did so by showing the contradictions that
result from assuming that they were real.  His argument against multiplicity
stated that if the many exists, it must be both infinitely large and infinitely
small, and it must be both limited and unlimited in number.  His argument
against motion is characterized by two famous illustrations:  the flying arrow,
and the runner in the race.  It is the illustration with the runner that is
associated the first part of the assignment.  In this illustration, Zeno argued
that a runner can never reach the end of a race course.  He stated that the
runner first completes half of the race course, and then half of the remaining
distance, and will continue to do so for infinity.  In this way, the runner can
never reach the end of the course, as it would be infinitely long, much as the
semester would be infinitely long if we completed half, and then half the
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