2. Again; the contemplative life is especially directed towards the

contemplation of God, as S. Gregory says: "The soul, trampling all cares underfoot, ardently yearns to see its Creator's face." But no one can attain to this without that cleanness of heart which the moral virtues procure: Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God, and again: Follow peace with all men with holiness, without which no man shall see God.

But holiness—that is, cleanness of heart—is produced by those virtues which have to do with those passions which hinder the purity of the reason. And peace is produced by justice—the moral virtue which is concerned with our works: The work of justice shall be peace inasmuch, that is, as a man, by refraining from injuring others, removes occasions of strife and disturbance.