But when he did not think, but just lived, he unceasingly felt in his soul the presence of an infallible judge deciding which of two possible actions was the better and which the worse; and as soon as he did what he should not have done, he immediately felt this.
Quando invece non pensava, ma viveva, sentiva continuamente nell’animo suo la presenza di un giudice infallibile che decideva quale delle due azioni fosse la migliore e quale peggiore, e, non appena agiva in modo diverso da come si doveva, lo sentiva immediatamente.