Each event has a definite character, but this results from the «concrescence» of
an infinite number of objects (which are essentially relations with other events, «prehensions») into a unity.
The line continues past the corner, as if
an infinite number of these objects could exist.
Not exact matches
General potentiality comprises the
infinite number of ways that the eternal
objects may be related to one another without regard to any specific historical entity, while real potentiality is that portion
of general potentiality which is open to a specific historical entity, given the character
of the actual world defined by its specific spatiotemporal locus.
This transcendent aspect
of reality would contain an
infinite number of possible
objects of experience, which, if actualized at once, would prove mutually incompatible.
The popular many worlds interpretation suggests quantum
objects display several behaviours because they inhabit an
infinite number of parallel universes.
The glass works in the gallery show the
infinite number of colours, forms and textures these pieces
of art can take — and
objects range from practical bowls and vases through to ornamental
objects and large abstract sculptures.