Dialogue

 1 Phileb|        conceives the finite and infinite (which occur both in the
 2 Phileb|     fall. These are, first, the infinite; secondly, the finite; thirdly,
 3 Phileb|   categories or elements is the infinite. This is the negative of
 4 Phileb|        of Plato, the idea of an infinite mind would have been an
 5 Phileb|       the finite,’ and that the infinite is a mere negative, which
 6 Phileb|      that positive infinity, or infinite reality, which we attribute
 7 Phileb|         Greek conception of the infinite would be more truly described,
 8 Phileb|      view, either the finite or infinite may be looked upon respectively
 9 Phileb|  mingles with and regulates the infinite is best expressed to us
10 Phileb|   separates the finite from the infinite. The one is in various ways
11 Phileb|         union of the finite and infinite, to which Plato ascribes
12 Phileb|         union of the finite and infinite might be described as a
13 Phileb|        pleasure is found in the infinite or indefinite class. We
14 Phileb|       In speech again there are infinite varieties of sound, and
15 Phileb|        of existence, and (2) an infinite, and (3) the union of the
16 Phileb|  without them. And first of the infinite or indefinite:—That is the
17 Phileb|      fall under this class. The infinite would be no longer infinite,
18 Phileb|     infinite would be no longer infinite, if limited or reduced to
19 Phileb|         union of the finite and infinite, in which the finite gives
20 Phileb|         finite gives law to the infinite;—under this are comprehended
21 Phileb|         finite gives law to the infinite. And in which is pleasure
22 Phileb|        place? As clearly in the infinite or indefinite, which alone,
23 Phileb|        who seems to confuse the infinite with the superlative), gives
24 Phileb|         evil. And therefore the infinite cannot be that which imparts
25 Phileb|     elements of the finite, the infinite, the union of the two, and
26 Phileb|      cause, and pleasure to the infinite or indefinite class. We
27 Phileb|     natural union of finite and infinite, which in hunger, thirst,
28 Phileb|         of them belonged to the infinite class. How, then, can we
29 Phileb|      belong to the class of the infinite, and are liable to every
30 Phileb|        another, and there is an infinite diversity of them. And we
31 Phileb|    miracle, the one is many and infinite, and the many are only one.~
32 Phileb|         and have the finite and infinite implanted in them: seeing,
33 Phileb|     only to be one and many and infinite, but also a definite number;
34 Phileb|     also a definite number; the infinite must not be suffered to
35 Phileb|       of all men is one and yet infinite.~PROTARCHUS: Very true.~
36 Phileb|         is one or that sound is infinite are we perfect in the art
37 Phileb|      every one of us a state of infinite ignorance; and he who never
38 Phileb|        that the human voice was infinite, first distinguished in
39 Phileb|   species), and are not at once infinite, and what number of species
40 Phileb|         infinity (i.e. into the infinite number of individuals).~
41 Phileb|       of existence, and also an infinite?~PROTARCHUS: Certainly.~
42 Phileb|       finite, and the other the infinite; I will first show that
43 Phileb|        will first show that the infinite is in a certain sense many,
44 Phileb|       endless they must also be infinite.~PROTARCHUS: Yes, Socrates,
45 Phileb|      ranked in the class of the infinite.~PROTARCHUS: Your remark
46 Phileb|         assume as a note of the infinite—~PROTARCHUS: What?~SOCRATES:
47 Phileb|    referred to the class of the infinite, which is their unity, for,
48 Phileb| PROTARCHUS: In the class of the infinite, you mean?~SOCRATES: Yes;
49 Phileb|  brought together as we did the infinite; but, perhaps, it will come
50 Phileb|      the swift and the slow are infinite or unlimited, does not the
51 Phileb|     admixture of the finite and infinite come the seasons, and all
52 Phileb|        you mean to say that the infinite is one class, and that the
53 Phileb|        this difficulty with the infinite, which also comprehended
54 Phileb|       the first I will call the infinite or unlimited, and the second
55 Phileb|  perfectly good if she were not infinite in quantity and degree.~
56 Phileb|         evil. And therefore the infinite cannot be that element which
57 Phileb|         is of the nature of the infinite—in which of the aforesaid
58 Phileb|        classes, the finite, the infinite, the composition of the
59 Phileb|        in the universe a mighty infinite and an adequate limit, of
60 Phileb|        and (2) that pleasure is infinite and belongs to the class
61 Phileb|         That which followed the infinite and the finite; and in which
62 Phileb|         union of the finite and infinite, which, as I was observing
63 Phileb|   referring to the class of the infinite, and of the more and less,