one of the first things that must be done by someone who seeks to govern himself is to know that he has a mind that governs him and a soul that is prone to evil full of faults and many flaws in its nature and origin and that is the one that is possessed.
ومن أوائل ما يلزم من رام سياسة نفسه أن يعلم إن له عقلا هو السائس ونفسا أمارة بالسوء كثيرة المعايب جمة المساوئ في طبعها وأصل خلقها هي المسوسة