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Zeno's Paradoxes

In Our Time: Science

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The Moving Arrow Is Always at Rest

Permenides argued. that the arrow never moves, so somebody shoots an arrow and it never moves. So seems to be true throughout the journey that the arrow is not moving. You can think of itt either it's too snugly held by space, or there's not enough time for it to do any moving becauseth weve wee wee er. We've specified that we're talking about an instant or a durationless point in time. But that's the case throughout the arrow's journey.

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