. The source of men’s error in following these phantoms of good is that they break up and separate that which is in its nature one and indivisible . Contentment, power, reverence, renown, and joy are essentially bound up one with the other, and, if they are to be attained at all, must be attained together . True happiness, if it can be found, will include them all. But it cannot be found among the perishable things hitherto considered.— Ch. X . Such a happiness necessarily exists. Its seat is in God. Nay, God is very happiness, and in a manner, therefore, the happy man partakes also of the Divine nature. All other ends are relative to this good, since they are all pursued only for the sake of good; it is good which is the sole ultimate end. And since the sole end is also happiness, it is plain that this good and happiness are in essence the same.— Ch. XI
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