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Indian Philosophy v2.c26.s17.25

Indian Philosophy v2.c26.s17.25

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v2.c26.s17.25

² Cp. Spinoza: "Eternity cannot be defined in terms of time nor can it have any relation to time" (*Ethics*, v. 1, Scholium). Nicholas of Cusa distinguishes between the *infinitum* of God and the *interminatum* of the world. As infinity is to boundlessness, so is eternity to perpetuity.