The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others. — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
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)
