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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Ex eo solo quod rem aliquam aliquid habere imaginamur simile objecto quod mentem lætitia vel tristitia afficere solet, quamvis id in quo res objecto est similis, non sit horum affectuum efficiens causa, eam tamen amabimus vel odio habebimus.

English (Elwes 1883)

Simply from the fact that we conceive, that a given object has some point of resemblance with another object which is wont to affect the mind pleasurably or painfully, although the point of resemblance be not the efficient cause of the said emotions, we shall still regard the first--named object with love or hate.

Modern English

Simply from conceiving that a thing has some point of resemblance to an object that normally affects the mind with joy or sadness, even if that point of resemblance is not the efficient cause of those affects, we will still love or hate it.

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