| ### QUESTION 180 ### OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the contemplative life, under which head there are eight points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the contemplative life pertains to the intellect only, or also to the affections? #### (2) Whether the moral virtues pertain to the contemplative life? #### (3) Whether the contemplative life consists in one action or in several? #### (4) Whether the consideration of any truth whatever pertains to the contemplative life? #### (5) Whether the contemplative life of man in this state can arise to the vision of God? #### (6) Of the movements of contemplation assigned by Dionysius (Div. Nom. iv); #### (7) Of the pleasure of contemplation; #### (8) Of the duration of contemplation. ####  |