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Zeno of Elea

Ancient Greek philosopher — student of Parmenides — who created the paradoxes of motion (Achilles and the tortoise, the arrow, the dichotomy) that challenged intuitive understanding of space, time, and infinity — whose paradoxes remain unresolved in some formulations.

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