How did John Duns Scotus describe the highest happiness of heaven?

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John Duns Scotus argued that the highest happiness of heaven consists in beatific love rather than the vision of God. Consistent with his broader philosophical stance that the will is superior to the intellect and love is superior to knowledge, he maintained that humanity’s ultimate goal is union with the divine Trinity through love.12