Abstract: This paper discusses Zeno’s paradoxes and their unknown scientific and philosophical background. We aim to show that the hidden purpose in the paradoxes is the demonstration of the atomic structure of time, space, and nature. According to this, it is necessary to understand the cosmological and scientific globalization in the VI century, through the Persian Empire, and at the same time to examine the ancient atomist doctrines and world view in India and in Greece. In this paper, we present three fundamental principles deduced from Zeno’s statements.

Keywords: presocratics, greek physics, greek atomism, ancient logic

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