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== [[Infinity]] ==
 
== [[Infinity]] ==
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The concept of infinity was hotly disputed, and often rejected, by Greek mathematicians and philosophers.<ref>http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html</ref>  [[Aristotle]] and [[Pythagoras]], for example, both rejected the existence of actual infinity.<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Infinity.html] In modern times, such ideas are formalized by the mathematical school of Intuitionism, founded by Luitzen Brouwer.</ref>
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The concept of infinity was hotly disputed, and rejected, by [[Greek]] mathematicians and philosophers.<ref>http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html</ref>  [[Aristotle]] and [[Pythagoras]], for example, both rejected the existence of actual infinity.<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Infinity.html] In modern times, such ideas are formalized by the mathematical school of Intuitionism, founded by Luitzen Brouwer.</ref>
    
The concept of infinity has two daughter concepts: eternity and immortality.
 
The concept of infinity has two daughter concepts: eternity and immortality.
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