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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Id omne de nobis deque re amata affirmare conamur quod nos vel rem amatam lætitia afficere imaginamur et contra id omne negare quod nos vel rem amatam tristitia afficere imaginamur.

English (Elwes 1883)

We endeavour to affirm, concerning ourselves, and concerning what we love, everything that we can conceive to affect pleasurably ourselves, or the loved object. Contrariwise, we endeavour to negative everything, which we conceive to affect painfully ourselves or the loved object.

Modern English

We strive to affirm of ourselves and of a loved thing everything we conceive to affect ourselves or the loved thing with joy, and contrariwise to deny everything we conceive to affect ourselves or the loved thing with sadness.

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