Zeno of Elea

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ancient Greek philosopher person pre-Socratic philosopher

Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for his paradoxes challenging the coherence of motion and plurality.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Zeno of Elea canonical	20
Zeno's paradoxes	1
Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ pre-Socratic philosopher ⓘ
aimOfParadoxes	challenge coherence of motion ⓘ challenge coherence of plurality ⓘ defend Parmenides' monism ⓘ
associatedWith	Elea ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ
birthPlace	Elea ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ
category	Eleatic school ⓘ surface form: Ancient Eleatics Pre-Socratic philosophers ⓘ
citizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
deathPlace	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
describedBySource	Aristotle ⓘ Plato ⓘ
era	Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ Pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
field	logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of space and time ⓘ
influenced	Aristotle ⓘ logic and paradox theory ⓘ mathematical concept of infinity ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ
influencedBy	Parmenides ⓘ
knownFor	Zeno of Elea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeno's paradoxes paradoxes of motion ⓘ paradoxes of plurality ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement	Eleatic school ⓘ
name	Zeno of Elea self-link ⓘ
nativeName	Zeno of Elea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης
notableWork	Paradoxes of motion ⓘ Paradoxes of plurality ⓘ
paradox	Achilles and the tortoise ⓘ Arrow paradox ⓘ Dichotomy paradox ⓘ Stadium paradox ⓘ
philosophicalIdea	arguments against motion ⓘ denial of plurality ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Eleatic school ⓘ surface form: Eleatic philosophy
region	Southern Italy ⓘ
timePeriod	5th century BC ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ

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Magna Graecia → hasNotableResident → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Presocratic philosophers → includes → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Parmenides → influenced → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Parmenides → teacherOf → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Zeno of Elea → name → Zeno of Elea self-link ⓘ

Zeno of Elea → nativeName → Zeno of Elea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης

Zeno of Elea → knownFor → Zeno of Elea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeno's paradoxes

Eleatic school → hasKeyFigure → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" → mainCharacter → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)

Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" → associatedPhilosopher → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)

Leucippus → influencedBy → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Melissus of Samos → contemporaryOf → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Elea → knownFor → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Elea → associatedWith → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Velia → associatedWithPhilosopher → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Paradoxes of motion → attributedTo → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Paradoxes of plurality → mainProponent → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Achilles and the tortoise → hasAuthor → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Dichotomy paradox → hasAuthor → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Arrow paradox → hasAuthor → Zeno of Elea ⓘ

Stadium paradox → hasAuthor → Zeno of Elea ⓘ