  It is the level of perfection that determines the strength and capacity of that which actualizes something else. Therefore, as the levels of perfection increase, from matter (which, as pure potency, moves nothing) to God (pure act), the distinction between mover and moved diminishes. The will is immediately below the highest level of perfection, represented by God, since it admits a purely “intentional” distinction (see above §4) between mover and moved. And since it is self-moving, it is also free. Thus, in virtue of its nature, the will is induced to seek the good proposed by the intellect, though it remains free in this quest even with regard to the supreme Good.