Aristotle’s Distinction of Potential and Actual Infinity

Aristotle’s distinction of potential and actual infinity
Is there an infinite number of natural numbers? Notably, according to Aristotle, there is a distinction between actual infinity and potential infinity. The potential infinite is a set of numbers that continues without end. The numbers can go on repeating themselves without a recognizable end. Actual infinity involves never-ending sets that have beginning and end (Sunwoo, 2018). From this distinction, one wonders if there indeed exists an infinite natural number. Usually, when one adds a number to a natural number, one ends up with a new digit.
One major question that scholar ask is, what the possible highest natural number is? A majority of scholars believe that the highest number is infinity. An infinite number is a theoretical number that has no end. This concurs with Aristotle’s’ reasoning that their numbe...