Zenos Illustration of the Concept of Time Through Achilles and the Tortoise
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By use of paradox, Zeno sets out specifically to demonstrate the flaws in our understanding of basic concepts such as time. It is thought that he does so in order to support the theories of Parmenides. By way of the ‘reductio ad absurdum’ method of following something’s consequences logically until it becomes absurd, Zeno presents…