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Infinity, Bad

Metaphysical conception of the infinity of the world, based on the assumption of a monotonous, unceasing repetition of the same specific qualities, processes, and laws of motion on any scale of space and time. Applied to the structure of matter, Bad Infinity implies recognition of the unlimited divisibility of matter, each smaller particle possessing the same qualities and obeying the same specific laws of motion as the macroscopic bodies. Applied to the structure of the Universe, it assumes an infinite hierarchy of mechanical systems with identical qualities and laws of existence. Applied to the development of nature, it implies recognition of infinite cycles of matter constantly returning to the same starting points.

The concept of Bad Infinity was introduced by Hegel. It is disproved by the existence of countless numbers of qualitatively different levels in the structural organisation of matter, which possesses at each level different qualities and obeys different specific laws of motion, and also by the qualitative changes of matter and its general irreversible transformation.