The 4 Degrees of People

• simply ignorant
• ignorant and misguided
• ignorant, misguided and corrupt
• ignorant, misguided, corrupt & evil

Simply Ignorant

• The man who's innocent & without discernment, who cannot tell truth from falsehood, or beautiful from ugly actions
• Who remains with his disposition, devoid of any doctrines, and whose desires was never aroused through the pursuit of pleasures
• The character of this man can be improved easily

Ignorant & Misguided

• Who recognizes ugly acts for what they are, but is not in the habit of acting righteously
• His evil actions have been made to seem fine to him and he commits them under the influence of his desires
• Despite this, however, he knows that he's not acting as he should

Ignorant, Misguided & Corrupt

• Not only addicted to eveil ways but also believe that those ways are good & to follow them is necessary
• They have been brought up in ignorance
• Their animal self has grown at the expense of their rational self
• To reform this is almost impossible

Ignorant, Misguided, Corrupt & Evil

• The man who has been reared to believe in & to work corruption
• He's proud of doing evil & leading others astray
• The improvement of this man is the hardest of all