Paradox

SISYPHUS’S ROCK AND ZENO’S PARADOXES 57think this compliment will not be paid by future centuries.There are still paradoxes involving hypertasks. None of themoverturns the verdict that all of Zeno’s paradoxes were solvedby Cantor a hundred years ago.Cantor’s triumph shows that some important paradoxescan be solved. We now have answers to Zeno’s riddles thatsatisfy the exacting standard set by modern mathematics.Twenty-four hundred years is a long wait. But remember thatthe comparison was with Sisyphus, who labors for eternity.