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the Greeks did shun and reject the concept of infinity
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== [[Infinity]] ==
 
== [[Infinity]] ==
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The concept of infinity was discussed first (and sometimes very controversially) by Greek mathematicians and philosophers.<ref>http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html</ref>
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The concept of infinity was generally shunned, even rejected, by Greek mathematicians and philosophers.<ref>http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html</ref>
    
The word "infinite" is mentioned three times in the text of the [[King James Version]] (Job 22:5; Ps 147:5; Nah 3:9), and once in an explanatory footnote (Nah 2:9), all in the [[Old Testament]].<ref>http://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Infinite</ref>
 
The word "infinite" is mentioned three times in the text of the [[King James Version]] (Job 22:5; Ps 147:5; Nah 3:9), and once in an explanatory footnote (Nah 2:9), all in the [[Old Testament]].<ref>http://classic.net.bible.org/dictionary.php?word=Infinite</ref>
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