The Greek philosopher [Zeno of Elea] proposed that an arrow in flight was in fact not in motion and its visible movement is only an illusion. A simple example of this is to glance at an arrow in ...

classical paradox. In the fifth century BCE, the philosopher Zeno of Elea posed a conundrum based on an arrow flying through the air. If you look at this arrow at any possible moment during its flight ...

Can you imagine a speedy Achilles never overtaking a tortoise crawling at a snail’s pace? Or an arrow in mid-flight frozen stiff? These are just some of the mind-bending conundrums Zeno of Elea set ...

BBC Bitesize takes a look at some of the classical and modern paradoxes that have blown our minds across the centuries. First argued by the 5th Century BC Greek philosopher Zeno, the Achilles ...