Zenonism vs Zeno - What's the difference?
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The philosophy of ; stoicism.
A philosophical framework in which a finite continuum is regarded as an infinite number of discrete elements.
* 1995 , Eugene Asarin et al, "Symbolic controller synthesis for discrete and timed systems", Lecture Notes in Computer Science , volume 999, page 1-20:
* 1998 , Paolo Rossi, "I Punti Di Zenone: Una Preistoria Vichiana", Nuncius , volume 13, issue 2, page 377:
* 2000 , Keith Ansell Pearson, "Nietzsche’s Brave New World of Force", Kairos: A Journal of Philosophy , volume 9:
Requiring or involving an infinite number of intervals within a finite time.
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Zeno is a related term of zenonism.
As a noun Zenonism
is the philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.As a proper noun Zeno is
a given name derived from Ancient Greek.As an adjective Zeno is
requiring or involving an infinite number of intervals within a finite time.zenonism
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Alternate forms
* ZenoismNoun
(-)- While synthesizing a controller for timed automata one should be careful not letting any of the players win by "Zenonism ", that is, by preventing the time from progressing as does the Tortoise in its race against Achilles.
- Zenonism (which regards the continuum as composed of points) was defended on various occasions in the Jesuit context, and was also repressed and condemned a number of times.
