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[from 'works' by George Cantor, in 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature ]

Full Idea

Cantor said that only God is absolutely infinite.

Gist of Idea

Only God is absolutely infinite

Source

report of George Cantor (works [1880]) by William D. Hart - The Evolution of Logic 1

Book Reference

Hart,W.D.: 'The Evolution of Logic' [CUP 2010], p.29


A Reaction

We are used to the austere 'God of the philosophers', but this gives us an even more austere 'God of the mathematicians'.