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The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise by Mary Tiles
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“In this restricted sense continuity may be said to bring a notion of infinity in its wake – the notion of potential infinity which is associated with the idea of a never-ending process, or an operation which is indefinitely repeatable, such as that of adding one to a whole number. But in such cases there is no infinite collection of actual parts of space or time and no actual completed infinite totality of numbers.”
Mary Tiles, The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise