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When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.

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