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3. That through the will of the cause, nothing stands in the way of things attaining the best end.
4. That an intellect not impeded acts for the sake of the most excellent end.
5. That bad effects or ends cannot be from an agent acting from deliberation that is not impeded.
6. That nothing is done in vain by an arbitrary cause.
7. That the most excellent thing is that for whose sake all things are done.
8. That the things which are the end are better than those which are for the sake of the end.
9. That just as all inferior causes are contained in the potency of the first cause, so whatever is good is intertwined with the ultimate cause.
10. That the ultimate or final cause and the first cause must necessarily be joined before true happiness.
11. That the good is what all things simply seek according to nature, and for whose sake all things are done.
12. That the evil is what acts against the end and deprives one of the scope of happiness.
13. That the middle category is what can be turned by will toward good or evil, not by the thing itself (which cannot be perverted) but by iniquitous use.
14. That virtue is the highest good of the present life; the goods of the mind, body, and fortune are aids acquired for its sake.
15. That every motion is done for the sake of rest.
16. That virtue consists in action.
17. That the rewards of virtues are the punishments of vices.
18. That a reward is not owed except to an agent acting from will, nor is a punishment.