#paradox

Very interesting Paradox


This is part of ancient Greek history. This is known as Protagoras's Paradox. This case was not solved. The most interesting part - this is still debated (even today) in law schools as a logic problem!

Many years ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the
fees.  The student struck a deal saying,  "I will pay your fee the day I win my first case in the court".
Teacher agreed and proceeded with the law course. When the course was finished and teacher started

pestering the student to pay   up the fee, the student reminded him of the deal and pushed days.
Fed up with this, the teacher decided to sue the student in the court of law and both of them decided

to argue for themselves.

The teacher put forward his argument saying:  "If I win this case, as per the court of law, the student has to

pay me as the case is about his non-payment of dues.
And if I lose the case, student will still pay me because he would have won his first case.
So either way I will have to get the money".

 Equally brilliant, the student argued back saying:  "If I win the case, as per the court of law, I don't have to

pay anything to the teacher as the case is about my non-payment of dues. And if I lose the case, I don't have

to pay him because I haven't won my first case yet.
So either way, I am not going to pay the teacher anything".

This is one of the greatest paradoxes ever recorded.