Whether the angel loves himself with both natural love, and love of choice?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that the angel does not love himself both with natural love and a love of choice. For, as was said (Article [2]), natural love regards the end itself; while love of choice regards the means to the end. But the same thing, with regard to the same, cannot be both the end and a means to the end. Therefore natural love and the love of choice cannot have the same object.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, as Dionysius observes (Div. Nom. iv): "Love is a uniting and a binding power." But uniting and binding imply various things brought together. Therefore the angel cannot love himself.
❌ Objection 3 : Further, love is a kind of movement. But every movement tends towards something else. Therefore it seems that an angel cannot love himself with either natural or elective love.