If you believe you can walk across a room, Zeno of Elea has a bone to pick with you. In this episode of pplpod, we dive into the mind of the pre-Socratic philosopher who famously argued that motion, time, and space are nothing more than illusions.

Born in Magna Graecia around 490 BC, Zeno was a devoted student of Parmenides and a member of the Eleatic school. He spent his life defending the concept of monism—the radical idea that all of reality is a single, indivisible entity. Rather than simply describing his own views, Zeno revolutionized philosophy by creating explicit arguments meant for debate, leading Aristotle to crown him the "inventor of dialectic".

Join us as we untangle Zeno’s complex legacy, including:

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