Meaning of Zenonism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.
   uncountable
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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