I don't claim to be well-read on the topic, but this reminds me of Kierkegaard's infinite and finite. "A human being is a synthesis of the infinite and the fin

I don't claim to be well-read on the topic, but this reminds me of Kierkegaard's infinite and finite. "A human being is a synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the temporal and the eternal, of freedom and necessity, in short, a synthesis."