Zeno of Elea was born on 490 BC[1] in Velia[2]. He died on 425 BC[3] in Velia[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], mathematician[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,190 views/month, #6,892 of 1,000,298).[8]
Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[19], Library of the World's Best Literature[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], The Catholic Encyclopedia[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], New International Encyclopedia[24], Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy[25], Pauly–Wissowa[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek[27]
Present in work: The Divine Comedy[28], Parmenides[29]
Things named for Zeno of Elea include Zeno's paradoxes[31], a paradox[32] and quantum Zeno effect[33], a quantum effect[34].
Why It Matters
Zeno of Elea has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] He is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
He has been cited as an influence by Aristotle[37], a biologist[38], -0384–-0322[39], specialised in philosophy[40] and Henri Bergson[41], a philosopher[42], 1859–1941[43], of France[44], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[45], specialised in philosophy[46].
Works attributed to him include Zeno's paradoxes[47], a paradox[48]. Entities named for him include Zeno's paradoxes[31], a paradox[32] and quantum Zeno effect[33], a quantum effect[34].
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