To Cantor, his mathematical views were intrinsically linked to their philosophical and theological implications – he identified the Absolute Infinite with God, and he considered his work on transfinite numbers to have been directly communicated to him by God, who had chosen Cantor to reveal them to the world.
Para el, a súa perspectiva matemática estaba ligada intrinsecamente coas súas implicacións filosóficas e teolóxicas—identificaba o Infinito Absoluto con Deus, considerando que o seu traballo en números transfinitos fóralle comunicado directamente por Deus, quen o escollera para revelalo ao mundo.