Howard Herman wrote:
>
> As to the hard cased animal in the fairy tale, I believe that refers to
> the tortoise who had a race with the hare, and ultimately won because of
> his persistence.
Wasn't it a semi-paradox stated by Aristoteles? It was about a race between a
turtle and an athlete, with the turtle having a headstart. Aristoteles claimed
that the athlete could never overtake the turtle, because, during the time
the athlete needed to get to the original location of the turtle, the
turtle had advanced a bit etc. etc.
I'm not sure about Aristoteles, nor the athelete btw ;)
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