This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Ancient Greek philosophers used paradoxes for all sorts of reasons, from sharpening their dialectical skills and showing philosophical opponents were talking nonsense to serious philosophical inquiry – but also for fun. Some paradoxes were lethal. Philetas of Cos’s epitaph tells us he died … Continued

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