“My theory stands as firm as a rock; every arrow directed against it will return quickly to its archer. How do I know this? Because I have studied it from all sides for many years; because I have examined all objections which have ever been made against the infinite numbers; and above all because I have followed its roots, so to speak, to the first infallible cause of all created things.” KnowsYearsFirstsMadeSpeakCausesSidesNumbersRocksTheoryReturnRootsLogicInfiniteCertaintyUncertaintyFirmReasoningArrowsObjectionsInfallibleOntologyArcher Author:Georg Cantor
“It was precisely this notion of infinite series which in the sixth century BC led the Greek philosopher Zeno to conclude that since an arrow shot towards a target first had to cover half the distance, and then half the remainder, and then half the remainder after that, and so on ad infinitum, the result was, as I will now demonstrate, that though an arrow is always approaching its target, it never quite gets there, and Saint Sebastian died of fright.” FirstsResultsHalfCenturyShotsDiedInfiniteDistanceSeriesNotionSaintPhilosopherGreekTargetAdsNever QuitArrowsFrightGreek Philosopher Book:Jumpers Source: Jumpers