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'''Zeno''' was a [[Greek]] philosopher who lived between 334 and 261 B.C., and who founded [[Stoicism]] (remaining indifferent to emotions).
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'''Zeno''' was a [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] who lived between 334 and 261 B.C., and who founded [[Stoicism]] (remaining indifferent to emotions).
    
Zeno formulated several mind-boggling questions, ''Zeno's paradoxes.'' They were a challenge to philosophers. For the most part, today they are considered to have been solved by the [[mathematics|mathematical]] concept known as the ''limit.''
 
Zeno formulated several mind-boggling questions, ''Zeno's paradoxes.'' They were a challenge to philosophers. For the most part, today they are considered to have been solved by the [[mathematics|mathematical]] concept known as the ''limit.''
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The solution is that the time it takes to make each partial step approaches zero as the number of steps approaches infinity, and they cancel each other out.
 
The solution is that the time it takes to make each partial step approaches zero as the number of steps approaches infinity, and they cancel each other out.
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