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[[Anselm]] focused on infinity to prove the divinity of [[Christ]].  [[Chaucer]] referenced "infinity" in 1374, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.  But [[Shakespeare]] used infinity more than anyone up until his time, in such classics as [[Hamlet]] ("A king of infinite space") and [[Romeo and Juliet]] (“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.”).  This passage from Hamlet is particularly memorable in referring to the infinite:<ref>Hamlet, 2.2.314</ref>

[[Anselm]] focused on infinity to prove the divinity of [[Christ]].  [[Chaucer]] referenced "infinity" in 1374, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.  But [[Shakespeare]] used infinity more than anyone up until his time, in such classics as [[Hamlet]] ("A king of infinite space") and [[Romeo and Juliet]] (“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.”).  This passage from Hamlet is particularly memorable in referring to the infinite:<ref>Hamlet, 2.2.314</ref>

{{cquote|What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!}}

{{cquote|What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!}}

Famous quotations by Shakespeare includes a remarkable 12 separate uses of infinity.<ref>https://keytopoetry.com/dev/william-shakespeare/quotations/</ref>

Famous quotations by Shakespeare includes a remarkable 12 separate uses of infinity.<ref>https://keytopoetry.com/dev/william-shakespeare/quotations/</ref> Shakespeare's phrase "infinite ... liar" is superior to modern expressions like "complete liar" and "pathological liar," neither of which are as strong and descriptive.

Shakespeare in particular warns of the vicious circle of unlimited desire, will and power in his ''Troilus and Cressida'' (1600), speaking of moderation and degree:

Shakespeare in particular warns of the vicious circle of unlimited desire, will and power in his ''Troilus and Cressida'' (1600), speaking of moderation and degree: