Infinity plays a role in provoking a feeling of the sublime, in the case of Burke's theory, and remained an important factor in the 18th and 19th centuries . The sublime therefore occurs at the threshold between the sensible and the super-sensible, where the senses are lacking and the imagination is used to escape the usual means of understanding. This allows the reader to open their mind to the different aspects of the sublime, and not focus only on the beautiful. Philip Shaw writes: “It is the moment when the capacity to apprehend, know and express a thought or sensation is