References For Zeno_of_Sidon References for zeno of sidon. Biography in Dictionary of ScientificBiography (New York 19701990). Books TL Heath, A history of http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/References/Zeno_of_Sidon.html
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Extractions: ZENO OF SIDON, Epicurean philosopher of the first century B.C., and contemporary of Cicero. In the De Natura Deorum (i. 34), Cicero states that he was contemptuous of other philosophers and even called Socrates " the Attic Buffoon." Diogenes Laertius and Cicero both speak of him with respect and describe him as an accurate and polished thinker. He held that happiness' includes not merely present enjoyment and prosperity, but also a reasonable expectation of their continuance. His views were made the subject of a special treatise by Posidonius.
Zeno_of_Sidon zeno of sidon. Born about zeno of sidon was born in the city of Sidonon the Mediterranean coast of what today is Lebanon. Sidon was http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Zeno_of_Sidon.html
Extractions: Zeno of Sidon was born in the city of Sidon on the Mediterranean coast of what today is Lebanon. Sidon was one of the oldest Phoenician cities and, from its founding in the 3rd millennium BC, was ruled by many different peoples: Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Alexander the Great , the Seleucids of Syria, the Ptolemys of Egypt, and the Romans. To understand the philosophy of Zeno we need to make some comments about the philosopher Epicurus who founded the Epicurean School to which Zeno later belonged. Epicurus, who lived from 341BC to 270 BC, founded his own School of philosophy based on his teachings. These teachings were designed to indicate a means of living ones life, and they aimed both to guarantee happiness and to provide a means to find it. Epicurus had no interest in science for its own sake and he was a severe critic of mathematics. On science he wrote:- If we were not troubled by our suspicions of the phenomena of the sky and about death, and also by our failure to grasp the limits of pain and desires, we should have no need of natural science.
Zeno_of_Sidon Biography of zeno of sidon (150BC70BC) zeno of sidon. Born about 150 BC in Sidon (now Saida in Lebanon) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Zeno_of_Sidon.html
Extractions: Zeno of Sidon was born in the city of Sidon on the Mediterranean coast of what today is Lebanon. Sidon was one of the oldest Phoenician cities and, from its founding in the 3rd millennium BC, was ruled by many different peoples: Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Alexander the Great , the Seleucids of Syria, the Ptolemys of Egypt, and the Romans. To understand the philosophy of Zeno we need to make some comments about the philosopher Epicurus who founded the Epicurean School to which Zeno later belonged. Epicurus, who lived from 341BC to 270 BC, founded his own School of philosophy based on his teachings. These teachings were designed to indicate a means of living ones life, and they aimed both to guarantee happiness and to provide a means to find it. Epicurus had no interest in science for its own sake and he was a severe critic of mathematics. On science he wrote:- If we were not troubled by our suspicions of the phenomena of the sky and about death, and also by our failure to grasp the limits of pain and desires, we should have no need of natural science.
Zeno Of Sidon Name Zeno. Occupation From Sidon. Son of Occupation Dates fl.15070 BC. Brief biography An Epicurean. Raised some fundamental http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/ter/grst/People/ZenoSidon.htm
Extractions: Name Zeno Occupation: From Sidon Son of: Occupation: Dates fl . 150-70 BC Brief biography An Epicurean. Raised some fundamental criticisms of Euclids Elements , but it is exaggeration to say that he was the first to contemplate the possibility of non-Euclidean geometry. If the full implications of his criticisms had been grasped by those trying to refute him, then the history of maths may have been different. Context Works References K von Fritz DSB Last modified: 18 June 2001
The Big Picture Karneades, Kritolaos, Diogenes at Rome as envoys (155) and lecture on philosophy.150, Third Punic War begins (149), Nikander fl.; Seleucus fl.; b. zeno of sidon, http://www.swan.ac.uk/classics/staff/ter/grst/big.htm
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Extractions: Get a Search Engine For Your Web Site Born c. 150 BC in Sidon, Phoenicia and died in Athens, Greece c. 70 BC. To understand the philosophy of Zeno one needs to make some comments about the philosopher Epicurus who founded the Epicurean School to which Zeno later belonged. Epicurus, who lived from 341 BC to 270 BC, founded his own School of philosophy based on his teachings. These teachings were designed to indicate a means of living ones life, and they aimed both to guarantee happiness and to provide a means to find it. Epicurus had no interest in science for its own sake and he was a severe critic of mathematics. On science he wrote: If we were not troubled by our suspicions of the phenomena of the sky and about death, and also by our failure to grasp the limits of pain and desires, we should have no need of natural science. His criticisms of mathematics were very superficial of little importance since he clearly had very little understanding of the subject. In 306 BC he founded his School in Athens in the garden of his house. Reasonably enough the School became known as The Garden.
Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Zeno Of Sidon zeno of sidon, the Genius at Work Born c. 150 BC in Sidon, Phoeniciaand died in Athens, Greece c. 70 BC. To understand the philosophy http://phoenicia.org/zeno.html
Extractions: Get a Search Engine For Your Web Site Born c. 150 BC in Sidon, Phoenicia and died in Athens, Greece c. 70 BC. To understand the philosophy of Zeno one needs to make some comments about the philosopher Epicurus who founded the Epicurean School to which Zeno later belonged. Epicurus, who lived from 341 BC to 270 BC, founded his own School of philosophy based on his teachings. These teachings were designed to indicate a means of living ones life, and they aimed both to guarantee happiness and to provide a means to find it. Epicurus had no interest in science for its own sake and he was a severe critic of mathematics. On science he wrote: If we were not troubled by our suspicions of the phenomena of the sky and about death, and also by our failure to grasp the limits of pain and desires, we should have no need of natural science. His criticisms of mathematics were very superficial of little importance since he clearly had very little understanding of the subject. In 306 BC he founded his School in Athens in the garden of his house. Reasonably enough the School became known as The Garden.
Zeno_of_Sidon Portraits zeno of sidon. This is a detail from the fresco The School of Athens by Raphael http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Zeno_of_Sidon.html
Extractions: (Guestbook) Phoenician, what's in a name? It is not certain what the Phoenicians called themselves in their own language; it appears to have been Kena'ani (Akkadian: Kinahna), "Canaanites." In Hebrew the word kena'ani has the secondary meaning of "merchant," a term that well characterizes the Phoenicians. The Greeks gave the new appellation Phoenicians to those Canaanites who lived on the seacoast and traded with them. Phoenicia is the Greek work for "purple". The most probable reason for giving this name is the famous Tyrian purple cloth which the Phoenicians manufactured and sold to the rich of the ancient world. Ethnic Origin and Language The Phoenicians probably arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean about 3000 B.C., however, nothing is known of their original homeland. What may be the most common ethnic origin they are considered to be is Semitic; however, some studies suggest that their original homeland may have been in the Indian sub-continent long before 3000 B.C. while other studies trace their origin, according to Irish records, to suggest that they descend from a Scythian King named Phoeniusa Farsa...according to the
History 150-70 BC zeno of sidon could be well described as a nonconformist or a very critical mathematician. Born in approximately 150 B.C, in Sidon or presently Saida in Lebanon, Zeno was particularly critical of Euclid's work with Geometry. http://employees.oxy.edu/jquinn/home/Math490/Timeline/100BC.html
Extractions: 150-70 BC Zeno of Sidon could be well described as a non-conformist or a very critical mathematician. Born in approximately 150 B.C, in Sidon or presently Saida in Lebanon, Zeno was particularly critical of Euclid's work with Geometry. Specifically, Zeno criticized Euclid's 1st proposition on the grounds that it was necessary for Euclid to include an axiom stating that two straight lines can intersect in at most one point. Furthermore, Zeno was also reluctant to accept the existence of a right angle. He challenged Euclid's proof on the equality of right triangles. For this reason, Zeno could be considered the pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry. Author: Filiberto Barajas References:
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ZENODOTUS OF EPHESUS 972 P P zeno of sidonZENODOTUS P P Russell, Principles of Mathematics(Cambridge, 1903), pp. ZENODOTUS OF EPHESUS. 972. zeno of sidonZENODOTUS. http://69.1911encyclopedia.org/Z/ZE/ZENODOTUS_OF_EPHESUS.htm
Extractions: ZENO OF SIDONZENODOTUS Russell, Principles of Mathematics (Cambridge, 1903), pp. 346-354. For histories of philosophy and other works upon Eleaticism see PARMENIDES. (H. JA.) ZENO OF SIDON, Epicurean philosopher of the first century B.C., and contemporary of Cicero. In the De Natura Deorum (i. 34), Cicero states that he was contemptuous of other philosophers and even called Socrates " the Attic Buffoon." Diogenes Laertius and Cicero both speak of him with respect and describe him as an accurate and polished thinker. He held that happiness' includes not merely present enjoyment and prosperity, but also a reasonable expectation of their continuance. His views were made the subject of a special treatise by Posidonius. ZENO OF TARSUS, Stoic philosopher and pupil of Chry-sippus, belonged to the period of the Middle Stoa. He appears to have accepted all the Stoic doctrines except that he denied the final conflagration of the universe (see STOICS). 1 See the Palmyrene inscriptions given in Vogiie', Syrie centrale, Nos. 28, 29 = Cooke, North-Semitic Inscriptions, Nos. 130, 131. Zabbai, an abbreviation of some such form as Za.bd-ila, = dowry of Cod, was a common Palmyrene name; it occurs in the Old Testament, Ezr. x. 28; Neh. iii. 20. help from the Persian king;2 they were captured on the bank of the Euphrates, and the Palmyrenes, losing heart
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ZENTA 972 P P zeno of sidonZENODOTUS P P Russell, Principles of Mathematics(Cambridge, 1903), pp. ZENTA. 972. zeno of sidonZENODOTUS. http://70.1911encyclopedia.org/Z/ZE/ZENTA.htm
Extractions: ZENO OF SIDONZENODOTUS Russell, Principles of Mathematics (Cambridge, 1903), pp. 346-354. For histories of philosophy and other works upon Eleaticism see PARMENIDES. (H. JA.) ZENO OF SIDON, Epicurean philosopher of the first century B.C., and contemporary of Cicero. In the De Natura Deorum (i. 34), Cicero states that he was contemptuous of other philosophers and even called Socrates " the Attic Buffoon." Diogenes Laertius and Cicero both speak of him with respect and describe him as an accurate and polished thinker. He held that happiness' includes not merely present enjoyment and prosperity, but also a reasonable expectation of their continuance. His views were made the subject of a special treatise by Posidonius. ZENO OF TARSUS, Stoic philosopher and pupil of Chry-sippus, belonged to the period of the Middle Stoa. He appears to have accepted all the Stoic doctrines except that he denied the final conflagration of the universe (see STOICS). 1 See the Palmyrene inscriptions given in Vogiie', Syrie centrale, Nos. 28, 29 = Cooke, North-Semitic Inscriptions, Nos. 130, 131. Zabbai, an abbreviation of some such form as Za.bd-ila, = dowry of Cod, was a common Palmyrene name; it occurs in the Old Testament, Ezr. x. 28; Neh. iii. 20. help from the Persian king;2 they were captured on the bank of the Euphrates, and the Palmyrenes, losing heart
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History 150-70 BC 15070 BC zeno of sidon could be well described as a non-conformist or a verycritical mathematician. G Vlastos, zeno of sidon as a Critic of Euclid. http://faculty.oxy.edu/jquinn/home/Math490/Timeline/100BC.html
Extractions: 150-70 BC Zeno of Sidon could be well described as a non-conformist or a very critical mathematician. Born in approximately 150 B.C, in Sidon or presently Saida in Lebanon, Zeno was particularly critical of Euclid's work with Geometry. Specifically, Zeno criticized Euclid's 1st proposition on the grounds that it was necessary for Euclid to include an axiom stating that two straight lines can intersect in at most one point. Furthermore, Zeno was also reluctant to accept the existence of a right angle. He challenged Euclid's proof on the equality of right triangles. For this reason, Zeno could be considered the pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry. Author: Filiberto Barajas References:
Zeno_of_Sidon zeno of sidon. Born about Athens, Greece. zeno of sidon was born in thecity of Sidon on the Mediterranean coast of what today is Lebanon. http://homepages.compuserve.de/thweidenfeller/mathematiker/Zeno_of_Sidon.htm
Extractions: Died: about 70 BC in Athens, Greece Zeno of Sidon was born in the city of Sidon on the Mediterranean coast of what today is Lebanon. Sidon was one of the oldest Phoenician cities and, from its founding in the 3rd millennium BC, was ruled by many different peoples: Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Alexander the Great , the Seleucids of Syria, the Ptolemys of Egypt, and the Romans. To understand the philosophy of Zeno we need to make some comments about the philosopher Epicurus who founded the Epicurean School to which Zeno later belonged. Epicurus, who lived from 341BC to 270 BC, founded his own School of philosophy based on his teachings. These teachings were designed to indicate a means of living ones life, and they aimed both to guarantee happiness and to provide a means to find it. Epicurus had no interest in science for its own sake and he was a severe critic of mathematics. On science he wrote:- If we were not troubled by our suspicions of the phenomena of the sky and about death, and also by our failure to grasp the limits of pain and desires, we should have no need of natural science. His criticisms of mathematics were very superficial of little importance since he clearly had very little understanding of the subject. In 306 BC he founded his School in Athens in the garden of his house. Reasonably enough the School became known as The Garden.
Euclid's Elements, Book I, Proposition 1 Proclus relates that early on there were critiques of the proof and describes thatof zeno of sidon, an Epicurean philosopher of the early first century BCE http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI1.html
Extractions: Proposition 1 To construct an equilateral triangle on a given finite straight line. Let AB be the given finite straight line. It is required to construct an equilateral triangle on the straight line AB. Describe the circle BCD with center A and radius AB. Again describe the circle ACE with center B and radius BA. Join the straight lines CA and CB from the point C at which the circles cut one another to the points A and B. Post.3 Post.1 Now, since the point A is the center of the circle CDB, therefore AC equals AB. Again, since the point B is the center of the circle CAE, therefore BC equals BA. I.Def.15 But AC was proved equal to AB, therefore each of the straight lines AC and BC equals AB. And things which equal the same thing also equal one another, therefore AC also equals BC. C.N.1 Therefore the three straight lines AC, AB, and BC equal one another. Therefore the triangle ABC is equilateral, and it has been constructed on the given finite straight line AB. I.Def.20 Q.E.F. This proposition is a very pleasant choice for the first proposition in the Elements.
