Zeno of Elea
Ancient Greece Eleatic
Biography
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher famous for his paradoxes which have puzzled mathematicians and philosophers for millennia.
Life Dates
Born: May 3, 490 BCE
Notable Quotes
"Motion is impossible."
"An arrow in flight is motionless."
"That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal."
"If everything that exists has a place, place too will have a place, and so on ad infinitum."
"The sum of an infinite series can be finite."