Zeno of Elea

Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea, in what is now Southern Italy. He was a student of Parmenides and one of the Eleatics. Zeno defended his instructor's belief in monism, the idea that only one single entity exists that makes up all of reality.

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Who was born first?

• Zeno of Elea and Protagoras were born the same year
• Zeno of Elea was born 4 years after Empedocles
• Zeno of Elea was born 6 years after Sophocles
• Zeno of Elea was born 7 years before Zisi
• Zeno of Elea was born 10 years after Fan Li

Timeline

1. Fan Li500–448 BC
2. Sophoclescirca 496 BC – circa 406 BC
3. Empedoclescirca 494 BC – circa 434 BC
4. Protagorascirca 490 BC – circa 420 BC
5. Zeno of Elea (this page)circa 490 BC – circa 425 BC
6. Zisi483–402 BC

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