*[[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); | *[[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); |