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Originally Posted by Dark Messiah I would actually like to seperate infinite from eternity, since the former deals with space and the latter with time. Granted that time and space are intertwined, but the two terms are interchangeable. One of the things that I was wondering was what the real definition of infinity is? If it's simply unending, then the surface of the Earth would have to be considered infinite, but that doesn't seem to be the case. |
I checked handy Dictionary.Com and it seems that "infinity" is a general term that applies to space, time, and quantity, or just to time. Which is weird. There's also the mathematical aspect of infinity, which I suspect isn't much different. By real definition, do you mean its etymologically roots? Like I mentioned, it stems from the Greek "apeiria/apeiron/apeiros", which means endless or unlimited. The Latin for "apeiron" is "infinitus" (boundless, unlimited), where we get our word for infinity. (For those who don't have basic knowledge of Greek and Latin, this can all be looked up at handy etymonline.com, the etymology dictionary.)
I think you have to take into account the "boundless" part of infinity, and that since the earth has a boundary, then technically it's not infinite.