"Each potential infinite, if it is rigorously applicable mathematically, presupposes an actual infinite."
— Infinity

January 1, 1970

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Georg Cantor, in "Über die verschiedenen Ansichten in Bezug auf die actualunendlichen Zahlen" ["Over the different views with regard to the actual infinite numbers"] - Bihand Till Koniglen Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handigar (1886).