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Full Idea
There is no such thing as real motion, but there only appears to be such.
Gist of Idea
There is no real motion, only the appearance of it
Source
report of Melissus (fragments/reports [c.443 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.4.3
Book Ref
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.386