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HoP 165 - Neither the Time Nor the Place - Hasdai Crescas

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Impossibility of Potential Infinity

Aristotle accepted the possibility of what is called a potential infinity. It's when you have a situation of indefinite increase, like counting up through numbers. Aristotle devised clever arguments to show the impossibility of such a scenario. He said that any finite body can always be divided, then divided again and again.

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