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*[[religion]] through the concepts like [[eternity]] (infinite time), [[Heaven]]/[[Hell]] (infinite joy/suffering), [[faith]] (infinite good from the force of will), [[Parable of the Vineyard Workers]] and the [[Prodigal Son]] (infinite wealth), [[Widow's Mite]] (infinite [[charity]]), the infinity of [[God]],<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm</ref> and the number of [[angel]]s (infinite);<ref>[[Epistle_to_the_Hebrews_(Translated)#12:22|Hebrew 12:22]] ("infinite").</ref>
 
*[[religion]] through the concepts like [[eternity]] (infinite time), [[Heaven]]/[[Hell]] (infinite joy/suffering), [[faith]] (infinite good from the force of will), [[Parable of the Vineyard Workers]] and the [[Prodigal Son]] (infinite wealth), [[Widow's Mite]] (infinite [[charity]]), the infinity of [[God]],<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08004a.htm</ref> and the number of [[angel]]s (infinite);<ref>[[Epistle_to_the_Hebrews_(Translated)#12:22|Hebrew 12:22]] ("infinite").</ref>
 
*[[statistics]] through the [[central limit theorem]], which states that the distribution of the average for a series of nearly any type of distribution approaches the [[normal distribution]];
 
*[[statistics]] through the [[central limit theorem]], which states that the distribution of the average for a series of nearly any type of distribution approaches the [[normal distribution]];
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*[[literature]], as in ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890) and many great works inspired by it, which dramatically use a nearly infinite expansion of an infinitesimal time; writings by [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]] ("Nothing for the present hour is worthy of man's infinite capacity save to imbibe the warm smile of heaven and sympathize with the reviving earth." - ''Buds and Bird Voices''); and plays by [[Shakespeare]], who used infinity copiously (see below);
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*[[literature]], as in ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890) and many great works inspired by it, which dramatically use a nearly infinite expansion of an infinitesimal time; writings by [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]] ("Nothing for the present hour is worthy of man's infinite capacity save to imbibe the warm smile of heaven and sympathize with the reviving earth." - ''Buds and Bird Voices''); plays by [[Shakespeare]], who used infinity copiously (see below); and 13 times in ''[[Moby-Dick]]'';
 
*[[biology]], as observed by [[Louis Pasteur]]: “The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great”;<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/692216.Louis_Pasteur</ref>
 
*[[biology]], as observed by [[Louis Pasteur]]: “The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great”;<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/692216.Louis_Pasteur</ref>
 
*[[sociology]]: traditional [[marriage]] is infinitely more stable than other types of relationships;
 
*[[sociology]]: traditional [[marriage]] is infinitely more stable than other types of relationships;
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