The attributes ‘equal‘, ‘greater‘, and ‘less‘ are not applicable to infinite, but only to finite quantities.
In algebra the mind is first taught to consider general truths, truths which are not asserted to hold only of this or that particular thing, but of any one of a whole group of things. It is in the power of understanding and discovering such truths that the mastery of the intellect over the whole world of things actual and possible resides; and ability to deal with the general as such is one of the gifts that a mathematical education should bestow
That our thoughts and feelings are really just chemical transfers in 2.8 pounds of electrified pâté.