Meaning of Zenonism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.
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2. A philosophical framework in which a finite continuum is regarded as an infinite number of discrete elements.
   uncountable

Examples

“While synthesizing a controller for timed automata one should be careful not letting any of the players win by "Zenonism", that is, by preventing the time from progressing as does the Tortoise in its race against Achilles.”

“Zenonism (which regards the continuum as composed of points) was defended on various occasions in the Jesuit context, and was also repressed and condemned a number of times.”

“[…] Nietzsche's thinking on time was mediated by Boscovich, which in turn was an attempt to take further and refine the insights of Leibniz and Newton and, perhaps most significant of all, to go beyond various kinds of Zenonism […]”

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