Know that natural love by itself, if it is initiated by the lover, is that he does not love the beloved except for the bliss and pleasure he has in it, so he loves him for himself, not for the eyes of the beloved. It has become clear to you in the above that this truth applies in divine and spiritual love. As for the beginning of natural love, it is for bounties and benevolence. Nature does not know this in a single sentence, but rather loves things for their own sake in particular, so he wants to contact them and get close to them, and he lives in every animal, and he is in man insofar as he is an animal, so the animal loves him in the same matter for the strength of his existence .