”But if the Divine and unalterable nature is incapable of degeneracy, as even our foes allow, we must regard it as absolutely unlimited in its goodness[...]"

”But if the Divine and unalterable nature is incapable of degeneracy, as even our foes allow, we must regard it as absolutely unlimited in its goodness: and the unlimited (ἀόριστος) is the same as the infinite (ἄπειρόν). But to suppose excess and defect in the infinite and unlimited is to the last degree unreasonable: for how can the idea of infinitude remain, if we posited increase and loss in it? We get the idea of excess only by a comparison of limits: where there is no limit, we cannot think of any excess.” (Contra Eunomium, 1.1.169-170)

 

"εἰ δὲ ἀνεπίδεκτός ἐστι τοῦ χείρονος ἡ θεία τε καὶ ἀναλλοίωτος φύσις, καὶ τοῦτο παρ' αὐτῶν τῶν ἐχ θρῶν ὡμολόγηται, ἀόριστος πάντως ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ θεω ρεῖται, τὸ δὲ ἀόριστον τῷ ἀπείρῳ ταὐτόν ἐστιν. ἀπείρου δὲ καὶ ἀορίστου πλεονασμὸν καὶ
ἐλάττωσιν ἐννοεῖν τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀλογίας ἐστί. πῶς γὰρ ἂν ὁ τῆς ἀπειρίας διασωθείη λόγος, 1.1.170 εἰ τὸ πλέον τε καὶ ἔλαττον ἐν αὐτῷ δογματίζοιτο; ἐκ γὰρ τῆς τῶν περάτων πρὸς ἄλληλα παραθέσεως τὸ πλέον δια γινώσκομεν· "