Zeno of Elea

"What exists cannot have parts, for the parts would be separate beings."

"The pursuit of motion proves motion's impossibility."

"Reason and experience war eternally; reason must prevail."

"If we grant the many, we grant the infinite, and the infinite is unknowable."

"The Dichotomy: before running, you must reach the midpoint; before that, another midpoint."

"Being is perfect, eternal, and complete—it cannot increase or decrease."

"The stadium paradox reveals the absurdity of measuring motion quantitatively."

"Space without end is space without boundary; therefore, space without limit is nothing."

"Generation and corruption are illusions born of ignorance."

"To number the infinite is to number the uncountable—a contradiction in terms."

"The swiftest cannot escape the slowest in infinite space."

"What truly is cannot become what it is not, nor cease to be what it is."

"The senses show us motion; reason shows us it is impossible."

"All multiplicity reduces to unity when examined with sufficient rigor."

"If time has parts, each part is infinitesimal; thus, no time passes."

"Being that is divided is no longer being; thus, true being is indivisible."

"The arrow argument: at each instant, the arrow occupies a space equal to itself."

"Infinity cannot be traversed, therefore locomotion is impossible."

"What is not cannot be thought, yet we think it constantly."

"All coming-to-be implies a prior state; all ceasing-to-be implies a future state."

"The crowd sees a moving arrow; the philosopher sees a series of static images."

"To accept change is to accept contradiction; therefore, change cannot be real."

"The infinite exists nowhere, because nowhere is infinite."

"Parts cannot constitute a whole if they are infinite in number."

"Being is immobile, permanent, and unchangeable—motion is the deception of the senses."

"The finite and infinite cannot coexist; therefore, the world must be one or nothing."

"To traverse a line is to traverse infinity; to traverse infinity is impossible."

"What becomes was not, and what ceases to be shall not be—contradiction dissolves generation."

"The paradox is eternal, for it reflects the eternal nature of being itself."

"If motion were real, the slow could not be outrun by the swift—yet both are caught in infinity."