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Proposition — Part V

Latin

Beatitudo non est virtutis præmium sed ipsa virtus nec eadem gaudemus quia libidines coercemus sed contra quia eadem gaudemus, ideo libidines coercere possumus.

English (Elwes 1883)

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but, contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.

Modern English

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. We do not rejoice in blessedness because we restrain our lusts; rather, because we rejoice in blessedness, we are able to restrain our lusts.