 So God does not know of Himself what He is because He is not a “what”, being in everything incomprehensible both to Himself and to every intellect … But He does not recognize Himself as being something (Se ipsum autem non cognoscit aliquid esse) … For if He were to recognize Himself in something, He would show that He is not in every respect infinite and incomprehensible. (Periphyseon, II.589b–c)