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... Zeno of Elea 1 Ritter in his History of Ancient Philosophy employs the terms Dynamical and Mechanical to distinguish the view which regards the universe as one great organism with an inherent power of move- ment and change , from that ...
... Zeno of Elea 1 Ritter in his History of Ancient Philosophy employs the terms Dynamical and Mechanical to distinguish the view which regards the universe as one great organism with an inherent power of move- ment and change , from that ...
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... Zeno of Citium . 260 Cleanthes . 240 Chrysippus . Stoic Logic , p . 152 . - Physics , pp . 153-155 . - - Ethics , pp . 155–162 . Theology , pp . 162—164 . Comparison with Christianity , pp . 164—177 . Hymn of Cleanthes , p . 177 ...
... Zeno of Citium . 260 Cleanthes . 240 Chrysippus . Stoic Logic , p . 152 . - Physics , pp . 153-155 . - - Ethics , pp . 155–162 . Theology , pp . 162—164 . Comparison with Christianity , pp . 164—177 . Hymn of Cleanthes , p . 177 ...
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... Zeno of Elea ( b . 490 B.C. ) is chiefly known from his arguments showing the absurd consequences of the ordi- nary belief in the phenomenal world . Parmenides must be right in denying motion and ... ZENO OF ELEA . - Zeno of Elea.
... Zeno of Elea ( b . 490 B.C. ) is chiefly known from his arguments showing the absurd consequences of the ordi- nary belief in the phenomenal world . Parmenides must be right in denying motion and ... ZENO OF ELEA . - Zeno of Elea.
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... Zeno's criticisms had made clear to the public , what had been an esoteric truth to the hearers of Parmenides and Heraclitus , that not merely traditional beliefs , but even the evidence of the senses was incapable of standing against ...
... Zeno's criticisms had made clear to the public , what had been an esoteric truth to the hearers of Parmenides and Heraclitus , that not merely traditional beliefs , but even the evidence of the senses was incapable of standing against ...
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... Zeno could make the worse cause appear the better . The enlightened men who came forward to supply this demand called themselves by the name of Sophists , or professors of wisdom . They were the first who made a profession of the higher ...
... Zeno could make the worse cause appear the better . The enlightened men who came forward to supply this demand called themselves by the name of Sophists , or professors of wisdom . They were the first who made a profession of the higher ...
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