E3P49
Proposition 49 — Part III
English (Elwes 1883)also show
Latin
Amor et odium erga rem quam liberam esse imaginamur, major ex pari causa uterque debet esse quam erga necessariam.
English (Elwes 1883)
Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other conditions being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.
Modern English
Love or hatred toward a thing we conceive to be free must, all else being equal, be greater than if it were directed toward a thing that acts by necessity.