Das Zeit-Raum-Kontinuum bei Zenon von Elea

The arguments put forward by Zeno of Elea allow to be arranged in an order analogous to the basic structure of the latter part of Pato's dialogue «Parmenides». The consequences drawn from the hypotheses if there are many things... and If there are things in motion... also bring to light the necessary conditions for the cognition of the idea that has been initially posited. Therby Zeno's arguments reveal themselves as being intrinsically interrelated and following each other in an irreversible order. The notions of space and time are characterized in a formal way by means of logical necessity. Space and time turn out to be understood as continua even in the last argument concerning motion, the so-called stadium