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I think he would rather sing “Nearer, my God, to thee”. Though it's metaphysically absurd. Just take a mathematical analogy. Imagine you're on a line at 0 and you jump to 1, you're not closer to infinity, precisely because the line is supposed to be infinite. It's only an analogy, since the so-called mathematical infinite isn't infinite, precisely because it's mathematical. It's an “infinitum secundum quid”, that is to say not an “infinitum” at all.
What do you think, o cxx?![]()
