Life23.从上述内容可以得出这三个必然结论:
⑴如果一个人在避恶如罪之前意愿并实行良善,那么他所意愿并实行的良善不是良善。
⑵如果一个人思想并言说虔诚的事,却不避恶如罪,那么他所思所说的这些虔诚事都不虔诚。
⑶如果一个人拥有大量知识和大量智慧,却不避恶如罪,那么他仍没有智慧。
23. There are three corollaries to this.
1. If we intend and do good deeds before we turn our backs on evil deeds because they are sins, our good deeds are not good.
2. If we think and speak devoutly but do not turn our backs on evil deeds because they are sins, our devout thoughts and words are not devout.
3. Even if we are well informed and insightful, if we do not turn our backs on evil deeds because they are sins, we are not wise.
23. From all this, three conclusions follow:
1. That if a person wills and does good before he refrains from evils as being sins, the good that he does is not good.
2. That if a person thinks and speaks piously, and does not refrain from evils as being sins, his pious thoughts and words are not pious.
3. That if a person gains much knowledge and wisdom, and does not refrain from evils as being sins, he is still not wise.
23. From what has been said, these three consequences follow:
1. If a man wills and does what is good before he shuns evils as sins, the good things which he wills and does are not good.
2. If a man thinks and speaks pious things, and does not shun evils as sins, the pious things [which he thinks and speaks] are not pious.
3. If a man has much knowledge and much wisdom and does not shun evils as sins, he is nevertheless not wise.
23. From what has been said three things follow:
1) If a man wills and does goods before he shuns evils as sins, the goods are not good.
2) If a man thinks and speaks pious things while not shunning evils as sins, the pious things are not pious.
3) If a man knows and is wise in many things, and does not shun evils as sins, he is nevertheless not wise.
23. Ex his sunt tria haec consequentia:
(i.) Quod si homo bona vult et facit, antequam fugit mala ut peccata, bona non sint bona.
(ii.) Quod si homo pia cogitat et loquitur, et non fugit mala ut peccata, pia non sint pia.
(iii.) Quod si homo scit et sapit multa, et non fugit mala ut peccata, usque non sapiat.