He who exercises his reason and cultivates it seems to be both in the best state of mind and most dear to the gods. For if the gods have any care for human affairs, as they are thought to have, it would be reasonable both that they should delight in that which is best and most akin to them and that they should reward those who love and honour this most, as caring for the things that are dear to them and acting both rightly and nobly. And that all these attributes belong most to the philosopher is manifest. He, therefore, is the dearest to the gods. And he who is that will presumably be also the happiest. (Nichomachean Ethics)
