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Zeno's paradoxes

Zeno's paradoxes is the plural of Zeno's paradox.

Meaning of Zeno's paradox

Noun

Zeno's paradox (plural Zeno's paradoxes)

  1. Any of a set of philosophical problems generally thought to have been devised by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC) to support Parmenides' doctrine that, contrary to the evidence of one's senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.

Questions about Zeno's paradoxes

What is Zeno's paradoxes the plural of?
Zeno's paradoxes is the plural of Zeno's paradox.

Words near Zeno's paradoxes in the dictionary

  1. Zennor
  2. Zeno
  3. Zeno machine
  4. Zeno machines
  5. Zeno's paradox
  6. Zeno's paradoxes
  7. zeno-
  8. Zenoan
  9. Zenobia
  10. Zenobius
  11. zenocentric

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