For it belongs to the essence of the human mind (II.

xlvii.), to have an adequate knowledge of the eternal and infinite essence of God.
PROP.XXXVII.

The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men, and so much the more, in proportion as he has a greater knowledge of God.
Proof .-- Men, in so far as they live in obedience to reason, are most useful to their fellow men (IV.

xxxv; Coroll.

i.); therefore (IV.