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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox

21585	The tortoise won't win, because infinite instants don't compose an infinitely long time [Russell]
	Full Idea: The idea that an infinite number of instants make up an infinitely long time is not true, and therefore the conclusion that Achilles will never overtake the tortoise does not follow.
	From: Bertrand Russell (Our Knowledge of the External World [1914], 6)
	A reaction: Aristotle spotted this, but didn't express it as clearly as Russell.