My writing is an answer to the partisans of the many and it returns their attack with interest, with a view to showing that… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
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 it arrives at the goal. — Zeno of Elea Copy Share
The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
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… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
![“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 the slower must always hold a lead. Statement of the Achilles…” quote by Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/814/zeno-of-elea-51778_achilles_the-second-argument-about-motion-is-the_1792000.jpg)