Theological Theses · §2209 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Moral evil, and physical good contrasted with moral good

Its opposite is the evil that deserves punishment and blame. This is usually called the evil of fault, and it includes all vices and sins.

Set against this good is the good called physical, or the good of nature. It does not depend on our will, and it perfects our nature without earning us any praise or reward; it does not make us good without qualification.

Latin

II. Hujus boni oppositum est malum illud quod poenam & vituperium meretur, quod malum culpae solet appellari, & sub se omnia vitia & peccata comprehendit. Ab hoc vero bono contradistinguitur bonum quod dicitur Physicum, seu naturae, quod scilicet, a nostra voluntate non pendet, & naturam ita perficit, ut non propterea laus, vel praemium quoddam nobis debeatur, nec ab eo simpliciter boni denominemur.

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