The Grasp of Infinitude
Immanuel Kant
Whereas the beautiful is limited,
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the sublime is limitless,
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so that the mind in the presence of the sublime,
Immanuel Kant
attempting to imagine what it cannot,
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has pain in the failure
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but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt.
Alfred North Whitehead
Our minds are finite,
Alfred North Whitehead
and yet even in these circumstances of finitude
Alfred North Whitehead
we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite,
Alfred North Whitehead
and the purpose of human life is to grasp as much as we can out of the infinitude.
The Grasp of Infinitude
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