PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- Kirk and Raven sum up the thrust of the arguments in the following passage:
Theories of motion depend inevitably on theories of the nature of space and time; and two opposed views of space and time were held in antiquity. Either space and time are infinitely divisible, in which case motion is continuous and smooth-flowing; or else they are made of of indivisible minima..., in which case motion is...'cinematographic', consisting of a succession of minute jerks. We shall find that Zeno's arguments are directed against both theories--the first two arguments against the former view, the last two against the latter. The four arguments are really, in fact, two pairs; and further, to complete the neatness of the pattern, the first member of each pair aims to prove that motion is impossible for a single body--that is to say, is impossible absolutely--while the second aims to prove that it is impossible for more than one body--that is to say, relatively[The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, 292].