E4P65C
Corollary — Part IV
Latin
Malum minus pro majore bono ex rationis ductu sequemur et bonum minus quod causa est majoris mali, negligemus. Nam malum quod hic dicitur minus, revera bonum est et bonum contra malum; quare (per corollarium propositionis 63 hujus) illud appetemus et hoc negligemus. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
We may, under the guidance of reason, pursue the lesser evil as though it were the greater good, and we may shun the lesser good, which would be the cause of the greater evil. For the evil, which is here called the lesser, is really good, and the lesser good is really evil, wherefore we may seek the former and shun the latter. Q.E.D.
Modern English
Under the guidance of reason we pursue a lesser bad as though it were a greater good, and we shun a lesser good that is the cause of a greater bad. For the bad called lesser here is really a good, and conversely the lesser good is really a bad. Therefore (E4P63C) we seek the former and shun the latter. Q.E.D.