ZENO'S PARADOXES

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The four rational proofs of the impossibility of plurality or of motion advanced by Zeno of Elea and subsequently resolved by mathematical theory. See Paradox

Theological and philosophical biography English dict. Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии . 2012

ZENO'S PARADOXES — Ахиллес и черепаха
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ZENO — I orig. Tarasicodissa born , Isauria, Diocese of the East died April 9, AD 491 Eastern Roman emperor (474–491). A …
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PARADOXES — (pl. ) of Paradox
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PARADOXES — ( pl. ) of Paradox
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ZENO — /zee"noh/ , n. 1. See Zeno of Citium . 2. See Zeno of Elea .
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ZENO — n. Greek philosopher founder of the Stoic school (around 335-263 B.C.); Greek philosopher who devised paradoxes that supported the belief …
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PARADOXES — pl of paradox.
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ZENO — born , Isauria, Diocese of the East died April 9, 491 Eastern Roman emperor whose reign (474491) was troubled by …
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ZENO — Zeno BrE AmE ˈziːn əʊ AmE \ -oʊ
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S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
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ZENO — n. paradoxes of Zeno Zeno of Citium Zeno of Elea
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ZENO — n. orig. Tarasicodissa born , Isauria, Diocese of the East died April 9, AD 491 Eastern Roman emperor (474491). A …
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ZENO — U Rochester 1978. Euclid with asynchronous message-passing. "Preliminary ZENO Language Description", J.E. Ball et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(9):17-34 (Sep 1979).
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PARADOXES — Парадоксы
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ZENO — Флавий Зенон
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PARADOXES — Парадоксы
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ZENO — Флавий Зенон
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ZENO — Зенон
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PARADOXES — Парадоксы
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PARADOXES OF ZENO — Arguments by which Zeno of Elea upheld the doctrine of Parmenides that real Being is unique and unchanging. Zeno's arguments …
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PARADOXES OF ZENO — statements made by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, a 5th-century-BC disciple of Parmenides, a fellow Eleatic, designed to show …
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ZENO OF ELEA — born с 495 died с 430 BC Greek philosopher and mathematician. He was called by Aristotle the inventor of dialectic. …
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ZENO OF ELEA — (c. 495 BCc. 430 BC), Greek philosopher and mathematician, whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. He is especially known …
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ZENONIAN — zə̇ˈnōnēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized 1. [Latin Zenon-, Zeno Zeno, 5th century B.C. Greek Eleatic philosopher (from Greek Zēnōn ) …
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ZENO OF CITIUM — /sish"ee euhm/ c340-c265 B.C., Greek philosopher, born in Cyprus. Also called Zeno, Zeno the Stoic .
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ZENO, CARLO — born 1334, Venice died March 8, 1418, Venice Venetian admiral whose victory over the Genoese at Chioggia, near Venice, in …
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ACHILLES PARADOX — in logic, an argument attributed to the 5th-century BC Greek philosopher Zeno, and one of his four paradoxes described by …
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PARADOXES OF ZENO — Arguments by which Zeno of Elea upheld the doctrine of Parmenides that real Being is unique and unchanging. Zeno's arguments …
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STOIC — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, from Greek stōïkos, literally, of the portico, from Stoa (Poikilē) the Painted …
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PARADOXICAL — adjective Date: 1598 1. of the nature of a paradox, inclined to paradoxes, not being the normal or usual kind …
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TYPES, THEORY OF — In logic , a theory introduced by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead in their Principia Mathematica (1910–13) to deal …
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SVEVO, ITALO — orig. Ettore Schmitz born Dec. 19, 1861, Trieste, Austrian Empire died Sept. 13, 1928, Motta di Livenza, Italy Italian writer. …
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RILKE, RAINER MARIA — orig. René Maria Rilke born Dec. 4, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary died Dec. 29, 1926, Valmont, Switz. Austro-German poet. After …
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PARADOX — I Apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Its purpose is to arrest attention and …
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ODOACER — or Odovacar born с 433 died March 15, 493, Ravenna First barbarian king of Italy (476–493). A German warrior in …
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ANASTASIUS I — born 430?, Dyrrhachium, Epirus Vetus died July 9, 518, Constantinople Byzantine emperor (491–518). Originally a bodyguard to Zeno , he …
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WHOSE — I. Etymology: Middle English whos (gen. of who (I) , what ) (I), alteration (influenced by who ) (I) of …
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TYPE — I. ˈtīp noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Late Latin typus, from Latin & Greek; Latin typus image, …
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SEEK — I. ˈsēk verb ( sought ˈsȯt, usu -ȯd.+V ; sought ; seeking ; seeks ) Etymology: Middle English sechen, seken …
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PARADOX — I. ˈparəˌdäks also ˈper- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to …
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MEGARIAN — I. meˈga(a)rēən, mə̇ˈ- adjective also me·gar·e·an “, |megə|rēən Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: megarian from Megara, city of ancient Greece (from …
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ENTER — I. ˈentə(r) verb ( entered ; entered ; entering ˈentəriŋ, ˈen.triŋ ; enters ) Etymology: Middle English entren, from Old …
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CONSOLIDATE — I. kənˈsäləˌdāt, usu -ad.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare to make firm, from com- …
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PARADOXOLOGIST — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌdäkˈsäləjə̇st noun ( -s ) : one who uses or is skilled in the use of paradoxes ; specifically : …
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RECURSIVE FUNCTION — in logic and mathematics, a type of function or expression predicating some concept or property of one or more variables, …
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NUMBER GAME — any of various puzzles and games that involve aspects of mathematics. The mathematical games that survived from Greco-Roman antiquity and …
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SVEVO, ITALO — born Dec. 19, 1861, Trieste, Austrian Empire [now in Italy] died Sept. 13, 1928, Motta di Livenza, Italy pseudonym of …
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STOICISM — a school of thought that flourished in Greek and Roman antiquity. It was one of the loftiest and most sublime …
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SIMPLICIUS, SAINT — born , Tivoli, near Rome died March 10, 483, Rome; feast day March 10 pope from 468 to 483. He …
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ODOACER — born c. 433 died March 15, 493, Ravenna also called Odovacar, or Odovakar first barbarian king of Italy. The date …
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LEO II — died Nov. 10, 474 Roman emperor of the East, grandson of Leo I, and son of Zeno. His grandfather, growing …
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LAROMIGUIRE, PIERRE — born Nov. 3, 1756, Livignac, Fr. died Aug. 12, 1837, Paris French philosopher who became famous for his thesis on …
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JOHN TALAIA — flourished 5th century theologian and bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, whose struggle to maintain his episcopal office and preserve the ascendancy …
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HUI SHIH — born 380 BC, Sung, in modern Honan, China Pinyin Hui Shi Chinese philosopher, an outstanding representative of the early Chinese …
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ELEATICISM — one of the principal schools of ancient Pre-Socratic philosophy, so called from its seat in the Greek colony of Elea …
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YOUR — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck from …
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WITH — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a break with the past (= when something is done in a completely different way …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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UP — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
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