Zeno's Paradoxes/Historical Note

Historical Note on Zeno's Paradoxes

Zeno of Elea presented these paradoxes to the school at Athens when he visited with his patron Parmenides.

These paradoxes have been said to have shocked the philosophers there out of their complacency, and raised questions that none of them could satisfactorily answer.

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{II}$: Modern Minds in Ancient Bodies