"He was eager to work out a theory of reality which would be based on the fundamental concept of "zero", "infinity" and the set of finite numbers … He sometimes spoke of "zero" as the symbol of the absolute (Nirguna Brahman) of the extreme monistic school of Hindu philosophy, that is, the reality to which no qualities can be attributed, which cannot be defined or described by words and which is completely beyond the reach of the human mind. According to Ramanuja the appropriate symbol was the number "zero" which is the absolute negation of all attributes."