Chapter 45 — That God is in himself as beloved in lover

As the object known is in the knower, insofar as it is known, so the beloved must be in the lover, insofar as it is loved. The lover is, in some way, moved by the beloved with a certain intrinsic motion. Therefore, since a mover is in contact with the object moved, the beloved must be intrinsic to the lover. But God, just as he understands himself, must likewise love himself; for a good understood is in itself lovable. Consequently, God is in himself as the beloved in the lover.