The Eleatic Metaphysics: Zeno Of Elea

Zeno of Elea, perhaps the biggest supporter of Parmenides, stayed loyal to his teacher. He wrote a book in which to further support Parmenides and his values that both him and Zeno, as well as the other members of the Eleatic metaphysics had all shared. Parmenides believed that “reality is single, changeless and homogeneous,” (Makin) and to back up what Parmenides’s beliefs, Zeno wrote up what is now known as his paradoxes. His most famous being, the paradox of plurality and within that, his argument for divisibility and size.
In a nutshell, Zeno’s argument against plurality is revolved around the idea that there is no such thing as more than article. For example, if a multitude of different items all share a single property together, then
Take for example, a leafy plant and a fish. According to Zeno, both entities would be considered to be the same, because of the fact that they share a common similarity. Which would be that they are both a source of nutrition. Zeno would then continue saying how everything is connected and everything is one. In a sense, what Zeno said makes sense to some degree. However, he didn’t take into account a huge flaw in his reasoning. Which is, the differences that separate the two entities. Going back to the example of the leafy plant and the fish, yes, they share a couple similarities, however, their differences outweigh their similarities by a
The next being the argument against limited versus unlimited. What this argument is about is essentially in its name. Let’s say there is a limited number of items, let’s say two for example. Now, in order for one to be able to distinctly tell the number of items, they must be a certain distance apart. This is so they aren’t mistaken as a single item, rather than two. However, even then, it’s not quite clear if the two items are truly separate from each other or if they are merely spread out. To ensure that the two items are two separate entities, another item must be placed in between the two, to act as a wall or sorts. Now in between the three items, they must be another item placed to further separate the current items. This pattern goes on and on for an infinite amount of time, thus it is