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1 Thus in life it is before all things useful to perfect 2 the understanding, or reason, as far as we can, and in this alone 3 man's highest happiness or blessedness consists, indeed 4 blessedness is nothing else but the contentment of spirit, which 5 arises from the intuitive knowledge of God: now, to perfect the 6 understanding is nothing else but to understand God, God's 7 attributes, and the actions which follow from the necessity of 8 his nature. Wherefore of a man, who is led by reason, the 9 ultimate aim or highest desire, whereby he seeks to govern all 10 his fellows, is that whereby he is brought to the adequate 11 conception of himself and of all things within the scope of his 12 intelligence. 13 14