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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.

Georg Cantor's Popular Quotes

There is no doubt that we cannot do without variable quantities in the sense of the potential infinite. But from this very fact the necessity of the …

- Georg Cantor

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

- Georg Cantor

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 …

- Georg Cantor

Great innovation only happens when people aren't afraid to do things differently.

- Georg Cantor

To ask the right question is harder than to answer it.

- Georg Cantor

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

- Georg Cantor

In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.

- Georg Cantor

Don't always blindly follow guidance and step-by-step instructions; you might run into something interesting.

- Georg Cantor

The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom.

- Georg Cantor