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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Ad infinitum

Speranza

Zeno (B Fragment 3)argues as follows (in the

translation of Guthrie):
 
“if there is a plurality, it must
contain both a finite and an infinite
number of components"

"Finite, because they must be
neither more nor less than they are."

"Infinite, because if they are
separate at all, then however
close together they are, there will always
be others between them, and yet others between those, ad infinitum” (Guthrie,

1980:90-91).

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