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The potential infinite means nothing other than an undetermined, variable quantity, always remaining finite, which has to assume values that either become smaller than any finite limit no matter how small, or greater than any finite limit no matter how great.

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Georg Cantor
Age: 72 †
Born: 1845
Born: March 3
Died: 1918
Died: January 6
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St. Petersburg
Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor
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