1993. So there are three general causes, as far as I now know, for good being turned into evil, namely, to deceive, to be clever, and due to an acquired nature. This I learned from experience.
1993. Wherefore there are three general causes, so far as I have yet learned, by which good is turned into evil, to wit, from deceit, from art, and from a nature contracted, as has been made known to me from experience.
1993. Quare tres causae 1
generales sunt, quantum adhuc novi, quibus bonum vertitur in malum, nempe ex dolo, ex arte, et ex tracta natura, quod 2
ab experientia notum mihi factum est.
Footnotes:
1. The Manuscript has causae sunt
2. The Manuscript has natura quod