E4P45D
Demonstration — Part IV
Latin
Hominem quem odimus destruere conamur (per propositionem 39 partis III) hoc est (per propositionem 37 hujus) aliquid conamur quod malum est. Ergo etc. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
When we hate a man, we endeavour to destroy him (III. xxxix.), that is (IV. xxxvii.), we endeavour to do something that is bad. Therefore, &c. Q.E.D.
N.B. Here, and in what follows, I mean by hatred only hatred towards men.