idea of the infinite

is clear and distinct, as the idea of God, only so long as we do not imagine it shows us everything in God.

Recast in definition form from: “We may also have a clear and distinct idea of an uncreated and independent thinking substance, that is, of God, provided we do not suppose that this idea adequately represents to us all that is in God, and do not mix up with it anything fictitious”

can be denied an object but not reality — it is the idea of God: I can imagine God does not exist, but not that the idea represents nothing.

Recast in definition form from: “although, perhaps, we may imagine that such a being does not exist, we cannot, nevertheless, suppose that his idea represents nothing real, as I have already said of the idea of cold.”

idea of the infinite, n.Definitions

idea of the infinite