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Definition of an Emotion — Part III
Latin
Humilitas est tristitia orta ex eo quod homo suam impotentiam sive imbecillitatem contemplatur.
Explicatio: Acquiescentia in se ipso humilitati opponitur quatenus per eandem intelligimus lætitiam quæ ex eo oritur quod nostram agendi potentiam contemplamur sed quatenus per ipsam etiam intelligimus lætitiam concomitante idea alicujus facti quod nos ex mentis libero decreto fecisse credimus, tum p°nitentiæ opponitur quæ a nobis sic definitur.
English (Elwes 1883)
Humility is pain arising from a man's contemplation of his own weakness of body or mind.
Explanation: Self--complacency is opposed to humility, in so far as we thereby mean pleasure arising from a contemplation of our own power of action; but, in so far as we mean thereby pleasure accompanied by the idea of any action which we believe we have performed by the free decision of our mind, it is opposed to repentance, which we may thus define:
Modern English
Humility is sadness arising from a person's contemplation of their own weakness or incapacity.
Self-contentment is opposed to humility insofar as by it we understand joy arising from contemplating our power of acting. But insofar as by self-contentment we also understand joy accompanied by the idea of some action that we believe we have performed by the free decision of our mind, it is opposed to repentance, which we define as follows.