Re: [HM] Aristotle's "Infinitum Actu Non Datur" Thesis

Heinrich C. Kuhn (ua212ac@mail.lrz-muenchen.de)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:38:51 +0100

Date sent: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:41:58 +0300
From: Alexander Zenkin <alexzen@com2com.ru>
To: historia-matematica@chasque.apc.org
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Subject: [HM] Aristotle's "Infinitum Actu Non Datur" Thesis

> Can anybody tell me where does Aristotle state his famous thesis
> "Infinitum Actu Non Datur", and how does he substantiate it?

He talks about infinity and the impossibility of an actual
infinity in several places. I'd sugest, that you use
http://classics.mit.edu/Search/index.html
for a search for "partial words" for "infinit" in Aristotle
and then choose the passage that best fits for your
purpose.

HTH

Heinrich C. Kuhn

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