Mathematician:Zeno of Elea

Mathematician
Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης.

Pre-Socratic philosopher of southern Italy.

Member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. called him the "inventor of the dialectic".

Best known for his paradoxes, which described as "immeasurably subtle and profound".

Said to have been a "self-taught country boy".

According to legend, he was beheaded for treason.

Nationality
Greek, living in Elea, in southern Italy

History

 * Born: c. 490 BCE(?), Elea, Lucania (now southern Italy)
 * Died: c. 430 or 425 BCE(?), Elea, Lucania (now southern Italy)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Zeno's Paradoxes

Published Works
None of Zeno's writings survive.