007 | The Philosophers Who Broke Reality (Zeno & Melissus)

What if movement and change are impossible? What if many things couldn't logically exist? Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos, two pre-Socratic philosophers, questioned our perception of reality. Using logical arguments, they tried to disprove motion, change, and multiplicity. And so, everything we perceive isn’t really there at all.

Although Zeno and Melissus have largely been proven wrong, their ideas still give us food for thought.