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The Universe is one, infinite, immobile. The absolute potential is one, the act is one, the form or soul is one, the material or body is one, the thing is one, the being in one, one is the maximum and the best... It is not generated, because there is no other being it could desire or hope for. since it comprises all being. It does not grow corrupt. because there is nothing else into which it could change, given that it is itself all things. It cannot diminish or grow, since it is infinite.

Giordano Bruno#10

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The universe is one infinite being that cannot grow or change because it already contains all existence.
In plain terms
The universe is complete and infinite so it cannot change or grow into anything else.
What can you take from it?
Understand that infinity implies completeness and lack of need for change.

Where it applies

  • contemplating infinity
  • metaphysical study

Putting it to work

  • contemplate total existence
  • accept completeness

Questions to consider

  • Can something infinite ever change?
  • What does it mean to be complete?

Another view

This view denies the reality of temporal growth and development observed in nature.

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