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part to think that one needs an infinite amount of time to visit this infinite number of points, because the divisions will apply to both the time and the distance. This response, though, assumes that Zeno was worried about the motion taking an infinite amount of time. But perhaps his point was rather that it is impossible to perform an infinite number of partial motions in the finite amount of time it takes to perform the whole motion. In that case, Aristotle’s response does not really solve the paradox.
Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)
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