Virgil
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Re: Matheology � 288
Posted:
Jun 17, 2013 4:11 PM
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In article <57ca1022-ed1d-4e9d-bfa3-03987296ff28@googlegroups.com>,
mueckenh@rz.fh-augsburg.de wrote:
> On Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:38:26 UTC+2, Virgil wrote:
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> > > Necessarily! endless = without end = not ended.
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> > Infinite might be interpreted to imply endless but but endless does not
> > imply infinite! Circles are endless but not infinite.
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> The way on a circle is infinite.
Not unless there is an actual infinity, which WM denies.
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> > All sorts of cyclic processes are endless but not infinite.
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> These processes are infinite.
Not at all.
Such a process, like a circle, is itself finite, and can possibly be
repeated endlessly, but not infinitely unless there is an infinity.
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