the mind is made clear by that same light.
St. Augustine corporeal fire. Others have thought of God as the brightness of an immense light radiating through infinite space in all directions, except that on one side it is cloven as by a black wedge. They are of opinion that there are two realms, one over against the other, and they set up two opposing principles as fabulous as their phantasms. If I were to urge them to declare on oath whether they know that these things are true, probably they would not dare to go so far; but they might reply: You show us what truth is. If I were to reply simply that they should look for the light that enables them to be certain that believing is one thing and knowing another, they themselves would swear that that light cannot be seen with the eyes, nor thought of as filling any space however vast, and yet that it is everywhere present to those who seek; and that nothing can be found more certain or more serene.
97. All that I have said about the light of the mind is made clear by that same light.
By it I know that what I have said is true, and that I know that I know it. I know that that light has extension neither in space nor in time.
I know that I cannot know unless I am alive, and I know more certainly that by knowing I attain a richer life. Eternal life surpasses temporal life in vivacity, and only by knowing do
I get a glimpse of what eternity is. By looking at eternity with the mind's eye I remove from it all changeableness, and in eternity ] see no