| − | '''Perfection''' is a concept that originated with the [[Bible]], in [[Psalms]], [[Ezekiel]], and the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]]. ''See, e.g.'', Ezekiel 28:12 ("Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: 'You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.'");<ref>[[ESV]].</ref> {{bibleref|Hebrews|7|11}} An example of perfection today is the [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. | + | '''Perfection''' is a concept that originated with the [[Bible]], in [[Psalms]], [[Ezekiel]], and the particularly in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]]. ''See, e.g.'', Ezekiel 28:12 ("Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: 'You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.'");<ref>[[ESV]].</ref> {{bibleref|Hebrews|7|11}} An example of perfection today is the [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. |
| | '''''Perfection is difficult to define in a direct way''''', rather than saying what it is not (e.g., perfection is what is flawless). The concept of [[infinity]] may be the only, or at least the best, way to define perfection directly: perfection is an infinite attainment of a worthy goal. [[St. Anselm]], who developed and applied the concept of [[infinity]] more than 500 years ahead of secular advancements, focused on both perfection and infinity to realize fundamental truths about [[God]]. | | '''''Perfection is difficult to define in a direct way''''', rather than saying what it is not (e.g., perfection is what is flawless). The concept of [[infinity]] may be the only, or at least the best, way to define perfection directly: perfection is an infinite attainment of a worthy goal. [[St. Anselm]], who developed and applied the concept of [[infinity]] more than 500 years ahead of secular advancements, focused on both perfection and infinity to realize fundamental truths about [[God]]. |