Zeno of Elea

noun

1. c490–c430 b.c., Greek philosopher.

Zeno of Elea

noun

1. Zeno of Elea?490 bc?430 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?490–?430 bc , Greek Eleatic philosopher; disciple of Parmenides. He defended the belief that motion and change are illusions in a series of paradoxical arguments, of which the best known is that of Achilles and the tortoise

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Launched in the winter of 2019, the virtual swim club was named after Zeno of Elea, the founding father of Stoicism, a philosophy rooted in pushing through pain and hardship.

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