"The fact is that God, whose knowledge is simple in its multiplicity and one in its diversity, comprehends all incomprehensible things with an incomprehensible comprehension." De civitate dei, Book XII, Chapter 19.Something to consider this Friday.
"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12
Friday, April 30, 2010
A Friday diversion with infinity
I have read that the great mathematician George Cantor, developer of set theory, referred to Augustine and Augustine's reading of Holy Scripture to assist in explaining the concept of infinity. Here is an interesting quotation from the City of God:
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