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> [ The second \[argument about motion\] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/the-second-argument-about-motion-is-the-so-called-achilles-and-it/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

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## Other authors on Achilles

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-madeline-miller-62511.jpg) Madeline Miller 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achilles/madeline-miller/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achilles/homer/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-orson-scott-card-72779.jpg) Orson Scott Card 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achilles/orson-scott-card/)
- [Cedric H Whitman 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achilles/cedric-h-whitman/)

## More by Zeno of Elea

> [My writing is an answer to the partisans of the many and it returns their attack with interest, with a view to showing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/my-writing-is-an-answer-to-the-partisans-of-the-many-and-it-returns/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [ The \[first\] argument asserts the non-existence of motion on the ground that that which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/the-first-argument-asserts-the-non-existence-of-motion-on-the-ground/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [...but what has been said once can always be repeated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/but-what-has-been-said-once-can-always-be-repeated/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [By silence, I hear other men's imperfections and conceal my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/by-silence-i-hear-other-men-s-imperfections-and-conceal-my-own/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/the-avaricious-man-is-like-the-barren-sandy-ground-of-the-desert/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [ The second \[argument about motion\] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can never overtake… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/the-second-argument-about-motion-is-the-so-called-achilles-and-it/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

> [Beauty is the flower of chastity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeno-of-elea/beauty-is-the-flower-of-chastity/)

[Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeno-of-elea/)

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