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Quote by Galileo Galilei
Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, th

Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are when combined. – Galileo Galilei

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The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics…the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word. – Galileo Galilei

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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. – Galileo Galilei

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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. – Galileo Galilei

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I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. – Edgar Quinet

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There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite. – Charles Baudelaire

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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – Joseph Brodsky

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I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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