Because we feel ourselves to be consciousness, we feel God to be consciousness-that is to say, a person; and because we desire ardently that our consciousness shall live and be independently of the body, we believe that the divine person lives and exists independently of the universe, that his state of consciousness is ad extra.
Kontzientzia sentitzen garelako, Jainkoa kontzientzia sentitzen dugulako, hau da, pertsona, eta gure kontzientzia gorputzetik lokabe bizi eta izan dadin irrikatzen dugunez gero, jainkozko pertsona ere unibertsotik lokabe bizi eta badela sinesten dugu, hori haren kontzientzi egoera ad extra izanik.