Metaphysics

Infinity

What does it mean to be without limit, and can the infinite exist in being, in quantity, or in the world?

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finis

The Reading List

Follow this thread through the primary texts, in the order they enter the conversation.

1. Aristotle, Book III, chs. 4–8
2. Lucretius, , Book I
3. Plotinus, , VI.6
4. Augustine, VII; XII
5. Aquinas, I, Q. 7
6. Pascal, (esp. §72); On Geometrical Demonstration
7. Newton, , Book I, Lemmas I–XI
8. Leibniz, ; Principles of Nature and Grace
9. Kant, , First Antinomy
10. Hegel, , Doctrine of Being

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