It is therefore incumbent on man to contemplate, for without contemplation wisdom will not knock at his door rather only leave him in the dark and left to his own devices man will lead himself down a path of vanity and opacity. A man that chooses this path will need to give an accounting to The King of Kings in due time for not using his wisdom to gain in this world. This lack of focus is a defining strategy of the evil inclination, who sinks unrelenting effort to cause man to fail, because discovery of the truth strengthens the soul to distance itself from the evil inclination and therefore in turn nothing weakens the soul as lack of knowledge does....
The Tree of Life (Derech Etz Chayim (Ramchal) 1 — 13)
Derech Etz Chayim (Ramchal) 1:13