Part 2, Chapter 06. MT ST TEI Ethics TPT Corr. Now it is to be remarked that we perform our actions in two ways, namely, either with or without passion.
B let or hindrance.
Now that we see that our actions are performed by us either with, or without passion, we think that it is clear that those things which hinder or have hindered us can be removed, when necessary, without any perturbation on our part. First of all, it is certain that when we do what we have to do without passion, then no evil can result therefrom. And, since there is no mean between good and evil, we see that, as it is bad to do anything in a passion, so it must be good to act without it. But let us examine whether there is any harm in fleeing from things with hatred and aversion. As regards the hatred which comes from opinion , it is certain that it should have no place in us, because we know that one and the same thing is good for us at one time, bad for us at another time, as is always the case with medicinal herbs.