Motif
Infinity without beginning or end
infinity_without_beginning_or_end
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Divine unity, infinity, and transcendence of opposites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV.; lines 11503-11592 confidence: medium
The passage says the unborn creature cannot be kept from life, the dead cannot be tracked, and the secret from birth to death cannot be known. Seeking beginning or end reveals only infinite time past and future.
T'ai Kung Tiao says that when he seeks a beginning or looks for an end, he finds only infinite time past and future.
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