2723. Because of this it can be known that in human minds, unless what is primary is the acting element and what is secondary is the passive one, the order is upside down, and nothing but evil can be brought forth.
2723. Hence it can be known that in human minds, unless that which is the principal is the agent, and that which is subordinate is the patient, order is inverted, and nothing but evil can be produced.
2723. Exinde sciri potest in hominum 1
mentibus nisi illud quod principale est sit agens, et quod subordinatum sit patiens, quod inversus ordo sit, et nihil nisi malum produci possit.
Footnotes:
1. In the Manuscript hominis ad exitum inclare emendatum