Man is so created as to perform his actions in freedom according to reason, and entirely as if of himself. Without these two conditions he would not be a human being, but an animal. For he would not receive any influence coming to himself from heaven, and be able to make it his very own, so that no trace of everlasting life could be imprinted on him. For this must be imprinted on him for him to be saved.* Since there is no freedom on one side unless a like degree exists on the other, just as no weighing is possible unless the scales can be held in equilibrium on either side, so [a person cannot be free to approach rationally to good]** unless he is also free to approach rationally to evil, thus to turn from right to left or from left to right, and likewise to the sphere of hell, that of adultery, as to the sphere of heaven, that of marriage. * The original has ut sit suus 'for him to be his own.' But suus may be a misprint for salus and it is therefore translated 'for him to be saved.' Cf. HH 594. ** It would seem that some words have fallen out at this point. The version given follows the restoration suggested by B. Rogers, which must be close to what was intended.