Galileo Galilei quote about infinite from Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems - This is one of the difficulties which arise when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this I think is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another.
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“ This is one of the difficulties which arise when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this I think is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another. ”
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Author Galileo Galilei
Source Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Topic infinite limit quantity
Date 1632
Language English
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Note Translated by Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio
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Galileo Galilei quote about infinite from Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems - This is one of the difficulties which arise when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this I think is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another.
Galileo Galilei quote about infinite from Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems - This is one of the difficulties which arise when we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this I think is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another.