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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Si rem quæ nos tristitiæ affectu afficere solet, aliquid habere imaginamur simile alteri quæ nos æque magno lætitiæ affectu solet afficere, eandem odio habebimus et simul amabimus.

English (Elwes 1883)

If we conceive that a thing, which is wont to affect us painfully, has any point of resemblance with another thing which is wont to affect us with an equally strong emotion of pleasure, we shall hate the first--named thing, and at the same time we shall love it.

Modern English

If we conceive that a thing which normally affects us with sadness has some point of resemblance to another thing that normally affects us with an equally strong affect of joy, we will hate it and at the same time love it.

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