But to be able to represent the infmite is not merely to be able to perceive it, or to be able to have a very slight or infinitely limited perception of it, such as we have; it is to be able to perceive it in itself, and consequently to contain it, so to speak (since nothingness cannot be perceived) and to contain it in such a way that it is intelligible or efficacious in itself, and capable of affecting the intelligent substance of the soul.