Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Magna Graecia and Also a member of the Eleatic School founded by Parmenides. Aristotle called him the inventor of this dialectic. He’s famous for his paradoxes, which Bertrand Russell described as”immeasurably subtle and deep”.
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| Author: Zeno of Elea | Find on Amazon: Link |
| Nationality: Italy | Find on Amazon India: Link |
| Born: c. 495 BC, Velia, Marina di Ascea, Italy | |
| Died: c. 430 BC (aged around 65), Velia, Marina di Ascea, Italy |
Zeno of Elea Quotes
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”
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“Man conquers the world by conquering himself.”
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“The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.”
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“if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like be unlike, nor the unlike like”
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“Well-being is attained little by little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.”
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“When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men too: even if they don’t want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined.”
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“We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.”
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“All the good are friends of one another.”
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“A friend is our alter ego.”
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Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
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All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
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Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.
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The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
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Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue
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No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.
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Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
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Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.
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That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.
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Happiness is a good flow of life.
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No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.
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The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe.―
