“if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like” PhilosophyGreekHinduismMetaphysicsDeterminismVedantaZenoEleaEleatic Author:Zeno
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than Buddha? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than Socrates? Was he more patient, more charitable, than Epictetus? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than Epicurus? In what respect was he the superior of Zoroaster? Was he gentler than Lao-tsze, more universal than Confucius? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of Zeno? Did he express grander truths than Cicero? Was his mind subtler than Spinoza’s? Was his brain equal to Kepler’s or Newton’s? Was he grander in death – a sublimer martyr than Bruno? Was he in intelligence, in the force and beauty of expression, in breadth and scope of thought, in wealth of illustration, in aptness of comparison, in knowledge of the human brain and heart, of all passions, hopes and fears, the equal of Shakespeare, the greatest of the human race?” WisdomKindnessAtheismBuddhismPatienceStoicismNewtonShakespeareBuddhaWilliam ShakespeareSocratesSpinozaKeplerIsaac NewtonCiceroEpicurusEpictetusGautama BuddhaJohannes KeplerBaruch SpinozaZenoZoroasterBrunoGiordano BrunoLaoziZeno Of Citium Book:About The Holy Bible Source: About The Holy Bible
“Mathematics is unable to specify whether motion is continuous, for it deals merely with hypothetical relations and can make its variable continuous or discontinuous at will. The paradoxes of Zeno are consequences of the failure to appreciate this fact and of the resulting lack of a precise specification of the problem. The former is a matter of scientific description a posteriori, whereas the latter is a matter solely of mathematical definition a priori. The former may consequently suggest that motion be defined mathematically in terms of continuous variable, but cannot, because of the limitations of sensory perception, prove that it must be so defined.” CalculusMotionZeno Book:The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development Source: The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development
“According to Zeno, a passion is an unnatural motion of the soul, but with strong will one can achieve an apathy. If he was alive today, he would have been proud of us.” LifeSoulPassionPhilosopherApathyAphorismUnnaturalZeno Book:The New Land Source: The New Land