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The Motionless Arrow: Aristotle's Thoughts On Zeno's Arror Argument
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....A Guided Study can be understood in such a way that it
might not be "next door to madness". In this chapter, Aristotle interprets
Zeno's argument of the Flying Arrow as "missing the mark". There are four
premises for this argument, and in Aristotle's opinion, premise three can be
rejected. He does not believe that ti.... Part 2 of Paper
....flying arrow doesn't move.
According to Zeno, time is composed of many indivisible nows, or instants.
Aristotle disagrees, stating in line 210 that no magnitude, including time, is
composed of indivisible nows. Exactly how long is an instant? Is time finite?
As you start dividing time, the smaller you get, the less movement occurs. But
even when you do divide it smaller and smaller, is there not at least some small
amount of movement occurring? When will time get so small that movement does.... |
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