De Plantatione

It was natural therefore to place and firmly root the mind in the middle of the paradise, that is, of the universal world, having in itself faculties which draw it in contrary directions, so that it should be kept in a state of doubt when called upon to discriminate as to what it should choose and what it should avoid, since if it chose the better part it would reap [*](Genesis xxv. 27, where the expression, however, is "dwelling tents." )

immortality and glory; and if it chose the worse it would meet with reproach and death.