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Infinite (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠lie beyond the finite, for then the finite would bound it and it would not be infinite at all.

The Infinite (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠exist only through the finite: in some particular living being, at some place and some time.

The Infinite (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not let itself be found in the domain of the finite — Lalande searched all through the heavens and did not find God.

Infinite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unconditioned, without restriction, not standing in need of explanation, absolute.

Infinite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a beyond for the understanding, which thinks to honour it the more, the farther it pushes it into the vague distance.

The Infinite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠eternally gone out of itself and eternally not gone out of itself — so the question how it resolves to leave itself rests on an untrue antithesis.

The Infinite (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the genuine sense is not the endless progression but remaining at home with itself in its other — coming to itself in its other.

The Infinite (n.) set ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠against the finite is reason's negating activity frozen by the intellect into a thing — and reflection, having risen to reason, sinks back while still pretending to be rational.

The Infinite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reached only by renouncing the progressus in infinitum — as Haller ends his heaping of numbers: "These I remove, and thou liest all before me."

Infinite (n.) already ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠says the truth: since the finite is the first negative, the nonfinite is the negation of the negation — and so true affirmation.

The Infinite (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠enlightened hymns like Klopstock's dissolves into empty boundlessness set against the all too conceivable impotence of the poet.

The Infinite (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the empty abstraction from the finite but universality fulfilled, differentiated within itself, and so pregnant with content.

The Infinite (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the genuine kind is not a realm beyond the finite but contains the finite sublated within itself; a reason that merely goes beyond the finite is itself degraded into something finite.

The Infinite (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the genuine sense is not like an acid blunted by the alkali it combines with: it preserves itself — the negation of the negation is not a neutralisation.

The Infinite (n.) pictured ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as a being beyond finitude that sustains mortal things is a contradiction: it could not be without being determinate, and it is defined by contrast with the finite.

The Infinite (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Hegel excludes every "other" that might relate to it and limit it: like Aristotle's god it refers only to itself, now at the end of a history — and for a particular to join it is to enter a State's sovereignty.