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Scholium — Part III
Latin
Ex his clare intelligimus quid amor quidque odium sit. Nempe amor nihil aliud est quam lætitia concomitante idea causæ externæ et odium nihil aliud quam tristitia concomitante idea causæ externæ. Videmus deinde quod ille qui amat necessario conatur rem quam amat præsentem habere et conservare et contra qui odit, rem quam odio habet, amovere et destruere conatur. Sed de his omnibus in sequentibus prolixius.
English (Elwes 1883)
From what has been said we may clearly understand the nature of Love and Hate. Love is nothing else but pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause: Hate is nothing else but pain accompanied by the idea of an external cause. We further see, that he who loves necessarily endeavours to have, and to keep present to him, the object of his love; while he who hates endeavours to remove and destroy the object of his hatred. But I will treat of these matters at more length hereafter.
Modern English
From what has been said we can clearly understand what love and hate are. Love is nothing other than joy accompanied by the idea of an external cause. Hate is nothing other than sadness accompanied by the idea of an external cause.
We also see that whoever loves necessarily strives to have present and to preserve the thing he loves, while whoever hates strives to remove and destroy the thing he hates. But I will deal with all of this at greater length in what follows.