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the_o gratify_v a_o appetite_n we_o give_v ourselves_o to_o the_o commit_n of_o spoil_n and_o havoc_n to_o cheat_v and_o cousin_n and_o to_o plunder_n and_o steal_v or_o will_v our_o conscience_n bear_v no_o good_a testimony_n to_o or_o take_v no_o pleasure_n in_o our_o action_n when_o we_o keep_v ourselves_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o reason_n and_o virtue_n and_o scorn_v to_o do_v a_o ill_a thing_n though_o we_o be_v sure_a there_o be_v no_o law_n to_o punish_v we_o for_o it_o no_o be_v there_o no_o law_n to_o forbid_v we_o to_o do_v a_o ill_a action_n yet_o wickedness_n will_v be_v hateful_a and_o the_o world_n will_v see_v good_a reason_n to_o wish_v it_o be_v forbid_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o humane_a law_n to_o bind_v we_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o virtue_n or_o to_o make_v it_o dangerous_a to_o commit_v a_o villainy_n or_o no_o yet_o the_o nature_n of_o these_o thing_n will_v be_v the_o same_o i.e._n vice_n will_v be_v odious_a and_o loathsome_a and_o virtue_n the_o same_o 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hierocles_n make_v vice_n a_o deviation_n from_o right_a reason_n 77._o in_o car._n pyth._n p._n 77._o upon_o which_o account_n he_o require_v we_o to_o have_v a_o great_a care_n to_o inform_v ourselves_o of_o the_o decency_n of_o thing_n and_o to_o be_v sure_a to_o moderate_v and_o restrain_v those_o faculty_n that_o be_v void_a of_o reason_n that_o they_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o reason_n so_o little_o do_v he_o think_v that_o our_o appetite_n have_v as_o good_a a_o right_a to_o givern_v we_o as_o our_o reason_n and_o so_o vast_o different_a do_v he_o make_v virtue_n and_o vice_n to_o be_v 177._o p._n 177._o that_o he_o style_v a_o lise_n of_o virtue_n true_o divine_a but_o that_o which_o be_v vicious_a beastial_a and_o to_o prove_v that_o all_o man_n be_v sensible_a that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o right_a reason_n and_o do_v own_o the_o natural_a turpitude_n of_o wickedness_n 106._o p._n 106._o he_o observe_v that_o the_o unjust_a man_n do_v judge_n according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o justice_n in_o those_o matter_n that_o do_v not_o concern_v himself_o and_o the_o intemperate_a man_n temperate_o and_o every_o wicked_a man_n determine_v well_o when_o he_o be_v not_o influence_v by_o any_o temptation_n or_o bias_v by_o a_o regard_n to_o his_o own_o lust_n and_o tully_n likewise_o observe_v the_o same_o thing_n when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o which_o be_v decent_a and_o honest_a do_v natural_o please_v we_o and_o have_v a_o strange_a power_n to_o affect_v the_o mind_n of_o all_o man_n so_o that_o we_o can_v but_o love_n and_o have_v a_o inward_a esteem_n for_o those_o person_n that_o be_v eminent_a for_o virtue_n this_o be_v certain_o the_o case_n as_o to_o all_o ill_a man_n who_o as_o