Literary notes about Infinite (AI summary)
The term “infinite” is used across literature to evoke both literal and metaphorical boundlessness. Some authors use it in a mathematical or scientific sense, as when Diogenes Laertius declares “the universe is infinite” [1] or when John Locke muses on infinite duration and space [2, 3]. In other texts, “infinite” conveys an overwhelming, often mystical quality—a sense of unending bliss, adventure, or resourcefulness, as seen in Paramahansa Yogananda’s meditations on infinite love and grace [4, 5, 6] and Temple Bailey’s portrayal of life as “infinite adventure” [7]. Moreover, the word is employed to underscore the vastness of thoughts and the ceaseless fluctuation of human emotion—from Rabelais’s ironic “infinite number of fools” [8] to Wilde’s expression of “infinite pity” [9]. Whether describing physical expanses, abstract ideas, or the intensity of personal experience, “infinite” serves as a powerful rhetorical device to transcend ordinary limits and to suggest a mystery or majesty that defies confinement.