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finity
noun 2
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3ADJ.
against, infinite
VERB + FINITY
matched
FINITY + NOUN
infinity
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noun
1
The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
He was calm in the conviction that he could measure and calculate the universe […] He matched finity against the Infinite.
Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity.
2
Something which is limited in number or scope.
If we imagined a person capable of comprehending infinity, we should merely think that he was able infinitely to add up finities.
And this condescension of infinite Perfection to the finities—to their imperfections, contingencies, and littlenesses—is the very result of its perfection.
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He was calm in the conviction that he could measure and calculate the universe […] He matched finity against the Infinite.
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Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity.
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In a very non-Aristotelian fashion, Nicholas of Cusa produced a synthesis of finity and infinity.
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