zeno in English

noun

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( fl. 5th century bc ) , Greek philosopher. A member of the Eleatic school, he defended Parmenides' theories by formulating paradoxes that appeared to demonstrate the impossibility of motion.

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( circa 335– circa 263 bc ) , Greek philosopher; founder of Stoicism; known as Zeno of Citium . He founded the school of Stoic philosophy circa 300 (see stoicism ).

Use "zeno" in a sentence

1. Leica Zeno 10 & Zeno 15 is designed for high-accuracy mapping in real-time and post-processing.

2. Castellani, San Zeno Naviglio, Lombardia, Italy

3. Zeno called the bishop of Cyprus, Anthemius, to answer the accusations.

4. The couple led a failed revolt against Zeno in 478-479.

5. Zeno was a player of τάβλη (tabula), a game nearly identical to modern backgammon.

6. 29 Zeno believed that people could govern their actions without the need for external compulsion.

7. Residence Antico San Zeno, is also a renowned meeting place for lovers of vintage cars.

8. When Zeno reoccupied Constantinople in late August 476, Marcus, with his parents, took refuge in a church.

9. The mob of Constantinople got its revenge against Zeno, killing almost all of the Isaurians left in the city.

10. This effect is usually called the "quantum Zeno effect" as it is strongly reminiscent of Zeno's arrow paradox.

11. The varied fortunes of the Basiliscan revolt had been largely in the hands of the general Illus, an Isaurian and former confidant of Zeno who had initially acted with the rebels against the emperor, and then had turned on them to return Zeno to power

12. 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.

13. There exists a horoscope made on the day of Basiliscus' coronation — 12 January 475, at 9 a.m. —, probably by a supporter of Zeno.

14. The horoscope, preserved with the horoscopes of other two usurpers of Zeno through Arab sources, correctly predicts the end of Basiliscus' rule in two years.

15. This is Zeno of Elea, an ancient Greek philosopher famous for inventing a number of paradoxes, arguments that seem logical, but whose conclusion is absurd or contradictory.

16. While living in Antioch with his family, Zeno sympathised with the Monophysite views of Peter the Fuller, and supported him against his opponent, the Chalcedonian bishop Martyrius.

17. Description: Marrone di San Zeno PDO applies to "locale Marrone" chestnuts, a variety produced by selection in the area of origin and belonging to ecotypes of the species "Castanea Sativa Mill", propagated agamically by local producers.

18. 4.2. Description: Marrone di San Zeno PDO applies to "locale Marrone" chestnuts, a variety produced by selection in the area of origin and belonging to ecotypes of the species "Castanea Sativa Mill", propagated agamically by local producers.

19. James Led to his Execution San Zeno Altarpiece Saint Sebastian Dormition (or Death) of the Virgin Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi) Dead Christ Vittore Carpaccio, Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Rialto Bridge, and Black

20. Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, an autobiography by Paris Hilton (2004) Confessions of Zeno , a 1923 novel by Italian modernist writer Italo Svevo The Confessions of Aleister Crowley , a 1929 autobiography subtitled "An Autohagiography"

21. In the present exposition we shall restrict ourselves to some Antinomies important for logic, leaving aside such paradoxes as those of Zeno of Elea concerning continuity and infinity (and the infinitely small), some of the Megarian paradoxes like the Heap or the Horned Man etc

22. Aristo of Ceos (3rd century BC), Peripatetic philosopher; Aristo of Chios (3rd century BC), Stoic philosopher and colleague of Zeno of Citium; Aristo of Alexandria (1st century BC), Peripatetic philosopher; Aristo of Pella (2nd century AD), Jewish Christian writer; Salman Aristo (born 1976), Indonesian screenwriter and film director