The infinite plays the role of provoking a sense of the sublime, in the case of Burke's theory, and remains an important factor in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The sublime therefore occurs on the threshold between the sensible and the supersensible, where the senses blame and the imagination is used to escape the usual means of understanding. This allows the reader to open their mind to different aspects of the sublime and not just focus on the beautiful. Philip Shaw writes: “it is the moment when the ability to learn, know and express a thought or sensation is