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Scholium — Part IV
Latin
Explicatur hoc corollarium exemplo ægri et sani. Comedit æger id quod aversatur timore mortis; sanus autem cibo gaudet et vita sic melius fruitur quam si mortem timeret eamque directe vitare cuperet. Sic judex qui non odio aut ira etc. sed solo amore salutis publicæ reum mortis damnat, sola ratione ducitur.
English (Elwes 1883)
This Corollary may be illustrated by the example of a sick and a healthy man. The sick man through fear of death eats what he naturally shrinks from, but the healthy man takes pleasure in his food, and thus gets a better enjoyment out of life, than if he were in fear of death, and desired directly to avoid it. So a judge, who condemns a criminal to death, not from hatred or anger but from love of the public well--being, is guided solely by reason.
Modern English
This corollary is illustrated by the example of a sick man and a healthy man. The sick man eats what he finds repugnant out of fear of death. The healthy man enjoys his food and thereby gets more from life than he would if he feared death and directly sought to avoid it.
So too a judge who condemns a criminal to death — not out of hatred or anger, but from love of public safety alone — is guided solely by reason.