E3P27C1
Corollary — Part III
Latin
English (Elwes 1883)
If we conceive that anyone, whom we have hitherto regarded with no emotion, pleasurably affects something similar to ourselves, we shall be affected with love towards him. If, on the other hand, we conceive that he painfully affects the same, we shall be affected with hatred towards him.
Modern English
If we conceive that someone toward whom we have previously had no affect is affecting with joy something similar to ourselves, we will be affected with love toward that person. If on the contrary we conceive that he is affecting that similar thing with sadness, we will be affected with hatred toward him (E3P27).