Annotatio IV §.II: Second fountain — Error of intellect when will-pravity is loosed; near sources of error
The second fountain is error of intellect — which anyone who lets their will be uncontrolled is apt to fall into; conversely, whoever hates malice draws nearer the truth (Ps. 25:14; Matt. 5:8; John 7:17).
Error is born nearby from prejudices, passions in the saddle, warped schooling and teaching, the reading of slanderous books, and the like.
Latin
Posterior Fons, Error Intellectus est, quem pronus incurrit, quisquis voluntatis pravitati habenas laxat, sicuti vice versa, malitiam detestatus, veritati propior imminet. PS. 25. v. 14. Matt. 5. v. 8. Joh. 7. v. 17. Subnascitur autem error proximè ex praejudiciis, affectuum praedominio etiam educatione & informatione perversis, lectione librorum calumniosorum, hisque similibus;