Nor should I think that I perceive the infinite not by a true idea but only by negation of the finite, as I perceive rest and darkness by the negation of motion and light; for on the contrary, I manifestly understand that there is more reality in infinite than in finite substance, and that therefore the perception of the infinite in me must be in some way prior to that of the finite: the perception of God, in other words, prior to that of myself.