We receive this impression of the mathematical-sublime, quite directly, by means of a space which is small indeed as compared with the world, but which has become directly perceptible to us, and affects us with its whole extent in all its three dimensions, so as to make our own body seem almost infinitely small. An empty space can never be thus perceived, and therefore never an open space, but only space that is directly perceptible in all its dimensions by means of the limits which enclose it;
Guztiz era bitartegabean hartzen dugu matematiko-sublimearen inpresio hori, espazio baten bitartez, zeinak unibertsoaren aldean kontsideraturik txikia bada ere, hala ere bitartegabeki guztiz hautemangarri bihurtu delarik hiru dimentsioen arabera bere handiera guztiarekin gugan eragiten baitu, horrela gure soin propioaren neurria ia infinituki txiki bihurtuz.