The difficulties in the study of the infinite arise because we attempt, with our finite minds, to discuss the infinite, assigning to it those properties which we give to the finite and limited; but this…is wrong, for we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another.
— Galileo Galilei Early Modern

Father of modern observational astronomy

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A philosophical reflection on the nature of the infinite.

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Approximate, likely from 'Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences'

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