When did Zeno of Elea live?

Zeno of Elea was born in 490 BC and died in 430 BC.

Where was Zeno of Elea from?

Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher of the Ancient era.

What philosophical movements is Zeno of Elea associated with?

Zeno of Elea was associated with Pre-Socratic and Ancient Greek Philosophy.

How many quotes are attributed to Zeno of Elea?

There are 7 attributed quotations from Zeno of Elea in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

Zeno of Elea 490 BC – 430 BC

Zeno of Elea (490 BC – 430 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Ancient era, associated with Pre-Socratic and Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Parmenides. He defended his teacher's claim that reality is one and unchanging by constructing a series of paradoxes intended to show that motion, plurality, and divisibility lead to contradiction. The most famous of these are the paradoxes of Achilles and the tortoise, the dichotomy, the arrow, and the stadium. Aristotle called Zeno the inventor of dialectic, and his arguments have driven inquiries into infinity, continuity, and the foundations of mathematics down to the modern era.

Key facts

Nationality: Greek
Era: Ancient
Movements: Pre-Socratic, Ancient Greek Philosophy

Selected quotes

Attributed to Zeno of Elea:

“What is in motion moves neither in the place in which it is, nor in one in which it is not.”
Attributed to Zeno of Elea:

“If everything that exists has a place, place too will have a place, and so on ad infinitum.”
Attributed to Zeno of Elea:

“That which, being added to another, does not make it greater, and being taken away from another does not make it less, is nothing.”
Attributed to Zeno of Elea:

“If there are many things, they are both small and great: so small as to have no magnitude, so great as to be infinite.”
Attributed to Zeno of Elea:

“The flying arrow is at rest.”

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Frequently asked about Zeno of Elea

When did Zeno of Elea live?: Zeno of Elea was born in 490 BC and died in 430 BC.
Where was Zeno of Elea from?: Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher of the Ancient era.
What philosophical movements is Zeno of Elea associated with?: Zeno of Elea was associated with Pre-Socratic and Ancient Greek Philosophy.
What was Zeno of Elea known for?: Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Parmenides.
How many quotes are attributed to Zeno of Elea?: There are 7 attributed quotations from Zeno of Elea in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.