Each individual appears to have little significance when compared to the vastness of the universe, time, the sea of humanity, but taken as a whole they have infinite significance. Taken as a whole they represent an infinite number of locations for souls. So it is that the philosopher and the mathematician both begin examining the significance of singularity. In the case of the mathematician it deals with the significance of a single individual point relative to the universe. In the case of the philosopher it becomes finding the significance of a single individual soul relative to what lies outside of the universe.
Astronomers study time to seek out the answer.
This formula represents how men perceive time. Time is observed as linear, represented by a straight line. Man begins to realize and understand his passage through time as having a beginning and an end. Man sees himself as being mortal. Unable to answer these questions, man begins to look towards religion to examine and answer the questions.