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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Nos id omne etiam agere conabimur quod homines cum lætitia aspicere imaginamur et contra id agere aversabimur quod homines aversari imaginamur.

English (Elwes 1883)

We shall also endeavour to do whatsoever we conceive men[6] to regard with pleasure, and contrariwise we shall shrink from doing that which we conceive men to shrink from.

[6] By "men" in this and the following propositions, I mean men whom we regard without any particular emotion.

Modern English

We will also strive to do everything we imagine others regard with pleasure, and conversely we will shrink from doing what we imagine others shrink from.

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