Question 516: Its all Greek to me (Sebin's Question)

The third author of The Quizzard couldn't post his question tonight (saving up his bandwidth for something else, as quizzers, use your imagination

or actually don't

lol)

So he just gave me all the elements, & asked me to post it

We'll be resuming our normal activity by tomorrow

Regards

Pai

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Don't forget these questions

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Onto His question:

Connect the following pictures to a person

Question 515: FREED At last

__X__  was born  in 1907 Coyoacán, Mexico, the third of four children. At the age of 6, __X__ contracted polio and potentially suffered from several other conditions.  Later in __X’s__ life (s)he claimed to be born in 1910 in order to be better associated with ____________.  O n the 17^th of September, 1925, __X__ was part of a horrific accident between the bus (s)he was in and a trolley. The accident resulted in damage to  __X’s___ spinal column,collarbone , ribs, pelvis , caused eleven fractures in the right leg, and led to a dislocated shoulder, not to mention a whole lot else.

Despite __X’s__ recovery, (s)he suffered from several painful relapses through the course of his/her life and had to undergo as many as 35 operations due to the accident. As a result of the accident, __X__ turned his/her attention to painting, seemingly as a form of escape. __X’s __ paintings did not receive wide public recognition until much after his/her death.
__X’s__ paintings were predominantly self portraits which mainly expressed the physical and psychological anguish experienced by __X__. The paintings have often been described as surrealist.
__X__  died on 13^th July, 1954 at the age of 47. A few days before,  X had written in his/her diary, “I hope the exit is joyful — and I hope never to return — __X__”.

                                                             Y 

Now what I want you to do is, identify X.
Also, identify Y. I hope that picture suits your fancy. If it doesn’t, fret not. I’m sure you have worse things to worry about anyway. Heh.
Lastly, give me the connection between X and Y.

The ad-hoc clock starts now.

Good evening followers of The Quizzard.Or atleast the ones that aren't absconding due to the temporary departure of Nihar and Pai.
First off, thanks to Nihar and Pai for that very gracious introduction. I hadn't the faintest idea that I had any credentials up until today. Or maybe they were talking about the other two. Anyway, it's always fun to be included.
Now for you avid quizzers and/or jobless lads and lasses with differently shaped arses, if the questions don't suit your fancy right away, please bear with us. Let us know your opinions as and when you feel the need to express them. Don't worry, we'll put up those piss off polls as well.
Also, on the off chance that any question is repeated, I apologise in advance, because it's a bit bothersome to go through all the previous questions just to prevent overlapping. Plus time and inclination are both inadequate.
Hope you'll enjoy our tenure, until those two kick us out.
Let the games, for lack of a better category, begin :)
-Nagaratna

Question 514: I Say Illusion, You Say “Four” Sure

Many Wishes,


My name is Pranav, and I'm happy to help you spend your idle time on the computer NOT macking on manga and memes.
Actually, I kid - let's go right ahead. First post right up.

___X___ was the amongst the most famous of the Pre-Socratic scholars, having forwarded an entire school of thought that was touched upon in Plato’s most complex dialogue. __X__ was only trying to forward the traditional interpretation that the general perception of reality in the physical world (being discussed in doxa) is incorrect, and that the reality of the practical world is 'One Being' (being discussed in aletheia): an unchanging and indestructible whole.

But in the process, he came up with two of the most famous Greek logical constructs known today. 

The first is that of a method of proof called reductio ad absurdum - which means reducing or extending the logical atomic parts of an argument to the point of absurdity.  

The other construct (or a body of logical work - ___X’s  Y___) - it comprised of a body of 40 propositions put forward by __X__ to prove his belief in the illusion of the “Many” by questioning several conventional axioms. Only a few of these have survived, being discussed in great length by Aristotle as well. Lewis Carroll alludes to one of these when he mentions how the tortoise has a deductive argument with the loser (___Z___) at the end of the race, leading the loser into an infinite regression. By some chance, __X__ didn’t really like infinity, and Carroll was simply playing with words when he described __Z’s__ palpable displeasure with the tortoise’s version as well.

Z vs Tortoise - Time heels wounded pride

Name X 

Tell me what X’s Y is (a collective term of reference) 

Who/what is Z?

How does the title figure in this?

Guess 2 for 5 points, 3 for 8, 4 for 10 - it’d be a crime not to get all four if you get two!