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It was an All-in-One and One-in-All of limitless being and self - not merely a thing of one Space-Time continuum, but allied to the ultimate animating essence of existence's whole unbounded sweep - the last, utter sweep which has no confines and which outreaches fancy and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other names; that which the crustaceans of Yuggoth worship as the Beyond-One, and which the vaporous brains of the spiral nebulae know by an untranslatable Sign...

H. P. Lovecraft#21

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The quote describes an omnipresent entity that transcends space, time, and conventional understanding.
In plain terms
There is a being that exists everywhere and beyond normal limits.
What can you take from it?
Some concepts exceed human comprehension and mathematical definition.

Where it applies

  • studying mythology
  • philosophical debate
  • theological discussion

Putting it to work

  • writing fantasy
  • exploring metaphysics
  • cultural study

Questions to consider

  • What exists beyond the limits of mathematics?
  • How do we define ultimate reality?

Another view

Such descriptions are purely fictional and lack empirical basis.

More from H. P. Lovecraft

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  3. The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.

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