The Infinite
An infinite that excludes the finite is not truly infinite; it is limited by that which still lies outside of it. The “truly infinite” (das wahrhaft Unendliche) is that infinite which includes all finites within it, for it alone is limited by nothing whatsoever outside itself.
Philip Clayton
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Makes me wonder about old James Carse, about Finite and Infinite Games, and if finite games can exist within infinite games... if memory's working, I think Carse covers that and posits they can and do (a timed game of chess within a infinite game of simulated city building, for example?).
That's a good book. That needs more play, theological and otherwise.
Here's Carse talking about religion (skip to the 5 minute mark) at the Long Now Foundation:
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