But the man who has her for his Lady is ever to be termed a Philosopher, notwithstanding that he may not be always in the final act of Philosophy, for it is usual to name other men after their habits.

Wherefore we call any man virtuous, not merely when performing virtuous actions, but from having the habit or custom of virtue.

And we call a man eloquent, even when he is not speaking, from his habit of eloquence, that is, of speaking well.
And of this Philosophy, in which Human Intelligence has part, there will now be the following encomiums to prove how great a part of her good gifts is bestowed on Human Nature.

I say, then, afterwards: Her Maker saw that she was good, and poured, Beyond our Nature, fulness of His Power On her pure Soul, whence shone this holy dower Through all her frame.
For the capacity of our Nature is subdued by it, which it makes beautiful and virtuous.

Wherefore, although into the habit of that Lady one may somewhat come, it is not possible to say that any one who enters thereinto properly has that habit; since the first study, that whereby the habit is begotten, cannot perfectly acquire that philosophy.