The following paradox — a variation of the paradox of change — raises some new questions. It is due to the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus (c.280 B.C.E. – c.206 B.C.E.) and has been resurrected by Michael Burke (Burke 1994). In Chrysippus’s example, ‘Dion’ is the name of a human and ‘Theon’ is the name of the proper part of Dion that includes everything but his [Dion’s] left foot. Dion then loses his foot and Chrysippus wishes to know which of those objects — Dion or Theon — survives after Dion los