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Ηδη δε και η αξινη κειται προς την ριζαν των δενδρων· παν λοιπον δενδρον μη καμνον καρπον καλον εκκοπτεται και εις πυρ βαλλεται.
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Ηδη δε και η αξινη κειται προς την ριζαν των δενδρων· παν λοιπον δενδρον μη καμνον καρπον καλον εκκοπτεται και εις πυρ βαλλεται.
94. Everyone engages in this struggle who believes in the existence of heaven and hell, and that heaven is a state of eternal happiness, while hell is a state of eternal unhappiness, and who believes that people who do evil go to hell, while people who do good go to heaven. Moreover, everyone who engages in this struggle is impelled from within, against his inherent urges which constitute the root of the evil. For anyone who battles against something does not will it, and to feel an urge is to will.
It is apparent from this that the root of evil is not removed except by a struggle.