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    The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo, where I call it the Absolute Infinite or simply Absolute; second when it occurs in the contingent, created world; third when the mind grasps it in abstracto as a mathematical magnitude, number or order type.

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A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in you is the presence that read more

A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in you is the presence that will be, when all the stars are dead.

by Rainer Maria Rilke Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though read more

The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.

by Georg Cantor Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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What I assert and believe to have demonstrated in this and earlier works is that following the finite there is read more

What I assert and believe to have demonstrated in this and earlier works is that following the finite there is a transfinite (which one could also call the supra-finite), that is an unbounded ascending lader of definite modes, which by their nature are not finite but infinite, but which just like the finite can be determined by well-defined and distinguishable numbers.

by Georg Cantor Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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If a thing loves, it is infinite.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

by William Blake Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method read more

The transfinite numbers are in a certain sense themselves new irrationalities and in fact in my opinion the best method of defining the finite irrational numbers is wholly disimilar to, and I might even say in priciple the same as, my method described above of introducing trasfinite numbers. One can say unconditionally: the transfinite numbers stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers; they are like each other in their innermost being; for the former like the latter are definite delimited forms or modifications of the actual infinite.

by Georg Cantor Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.

A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.

by Georg Cantor Found in: Infinity Quotes,
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