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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Qui id quod odio habet, tristitia affectum imaginatur, lætabitur; si contra idem lætitia affectum esse imaginetur, contristabitur et uterque hic affectus major aut minor erit prout ejus contrarius major aut minor est in eo quod odio habet.

English (Elwes 1883)

He who conceives, that an object of his hatred is painfully affected, will feel pleasure. Contrariwise, if he thinks that the said object is pleasurably affected, he will feel pain. Each of these emotions will be greater or less, according as its contrary is greater or less in the object of hatred.

Modern English

He who conceives that a thing he hates is affected with sadness will feel joy. If on the contrary he conceives that the same thing is affected with joy, he will feel sadness. Each of these affects will be greater or less according as its contrary is greater or less in the hated thing.

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