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Zeno of Elea was born around 490-485 BC. He followed Parmenides and wrote a book defending one of his theories. It was said by Aristotle that Zeno was the first to use dialectic, a method later used by Socrates. Zeno�s paradoxes were used to challenge people�s beliefs by showing them what they know as true is impossible. His famous paradoxes are the Dichotomy, the Archilles and the Tortoise, the arrow and the Stadium. Greek mathematicians, who didn�t have a real concept of infinity, didn�t understand Zeno�s paradoxes. Aristotle discarded them as falacies without showing why he did so. The paradoxes were hidden away in the Mathematical closet for the next 2500 years. During that time they were just thought of as novelties of philosophy. The paradoxes have confused mathematicians for thousands of years. They have led to curiosity and aggravation that has led to many discoveries. The paradoxes have mostly led to people studying geometry dealing with distance and infinity. Zeno�s paradoxes have have helped us throughout many years. They show us that even the things that we know and believe are absolutely true, like motion, can be shown impossible. I believe that Zeno�s paradoxes disprove motion, time, and infinity. When they are disproved, it makes us think more which leads to more discoveries. The paradoxes have helped us a lot. Even up to today people are still trying to figure out ways to solve how someone could disprove motion, if it is so obviously true that it exists. . In the meantime why not check out the link below to get your own 20MB of free webspace? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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