effort to understand how action ought to be taken and proper use made of things, in accordance with the principle of likeness to God,182 I mean the savior God, in honoring the God of the universe through the mediation of the Word as high priest,183 who enables us to see clearly all that is genuinely noble and just. Piety184 is a practice of following God. 46(1) Our philosopher holds firmly to these three things: first, contemplation; second, fulfilling the commandments;