illi autem qui inpotentem vere noctem et ab infimis et ab altissimis inferis supervenientem eundem somnum dormientes

and the less one expects from them, the more one prefers to remain ignorant of what is causing the torment.

and hope, defeated by this inward weakness, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

When you lack the confidence to rely on reason, you give in to the fears caused by ignorance.

And the while less abiding is from within, it guesseth greater power of that cause, of which it giveth torment. [And while from within less is the abiding, the more it guesseth the power of his (or its) cause, of the which torment it giveth.]

and the inner expectation of help, being weak, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

and hope, being weaker, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

and hope, defeated by this inward weakness, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

Expecting the worst, people prefer to remain ignorant of the cause of their torment.

and the more one’s expectation is of itself uncertain, the more one makes of not knowing the cause that brings on torment.

and the inner expectation of help, being weak, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.

and hope, defeated by this inward weakness, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.