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• Title:
  Aristotle’s Zeno. How the History of Philosophy is Intertwined with Contemporary Philosophy
• Creator:
  Fano, Vincenzo
• Description:
  Hermeneutical scholars doubt whether many past authors really existed. They are only a sort of construction built with the passing of time. Indeed, Zeno of Elea, for instance, was real, and historians attempted to establish what he wrote and intended to say. Our most important source for Zeno is Aristotle. Zeno’s paradoxes deeply influenced the latter’s Physics. Is Aristotle’s physics relevant to us? Yes, because philosophical problems are too complex not to be considered in their historical development as well. In reading Zeno and Aristotle, we can see physical problems from a completely different perspective and learn a lot. In other terms, the historical Zeno is disorienting for us. On the other hand, Zeno’s historical legacy is extremely interesting for us. Indeed, we will see how Zeno’s and Aristotle’s reflections on continuum, extension, and movement could contribute to a better understanding of these notions in the contemporary debate. 
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2024.12.12
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Articles;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Vol. 15 No. 1 (2024); 323-332;
  Peitho. Examina Antiqua; Tom 15 Nr 1 (2024); 323-332;
  2082-7539
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/45350/37262
• Subject:
  Zeno of Elea;
  Aristotle;
  history of philosophy;
  paradoxes
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/peitho/article/view/45350
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text