What choice, then, or possession of the natural goods whether bodily goods, wealth, friends, or other things will most produce the contemplation of god, that choice or possession is best; this is the noblest standard, but any that through deficiency or excess hinders one from the contemplation and service of god is bad; this a man possesses in his soul, and this is the best standard for the soul to perceive the irrational part of the soul, as such, as little as possible.