Life82.任何人之所以避各种偷盗如罪到何等程度,就在何等程度上热爱诚实,是因为偷盗也是欺诈,欺诈和诚实是两种对立的事物。这意味着任何人不去偷盗到何等程度,就在何等程度上处于诚实。
82. The reason we love honesty to the extent that we turn our backs on theft as a sin is that theft is also deception, and deception and honesty are two opposite things. This means that to the extent that we are not devoted to deception, we are devoted to honesty.
82. We say that insofar as someone refrains from stealing as being a sin, so far he loves honesty, because stealing is also fraud, and fraud and honesty are two opposites. Consequently, insofar as someone does not engage in fraud, so far he deals honestly.
82. So far as any one shuns theft as sin, so far he loves sincerity, because theft is also fraud, and fraud and sincerity are two opposites. Therefore, so far as any one is not in fraud, he is in sincerity.
82. That in proportion as anyone shuns theft as a sin, in the same proportion he loves sincerity, is because theft is also fraud, and fraud and sincerity are two opposite things, so that in proportion as anyone is not in theft in the same proportion he is in sincerity.
82. Quod quantum quis furtum ut peccatum fugit, tantum sinceritatem amet, est quia furtum etiam est fraus, ac fraus et sinceritas sunt duo opposita; quare quantum quis non in fraude est, tantum in sinceritate est.