E4P51S
Scholium — Part IV
Latin
Indignatio prout ipsa a nobis definitur (vide 20 affectuum definitionem) est necessario mala (per propositionem 45 hujus) sed notandum quod quando summa potestas desiderio quo tenetur tutandæ pacis, civem punit qui alteri injuriam fecit, eandem civi indignari non dico quia non odio percita ad perdendum civem sed pietate mota eundem punit.
English (Elwes 1883)
Indignation as we defined it (Def. of the Emotions, xx.) is necessarily evil (IV. xlv.); we may, however, remark that, when the sovereign power for the sake of preserving peace punishes a citizen who has injured another, it should not be said to be indignant with the criminal, for it is not incited by hatred to ruin him, it is led by a sense of duty to punish him.
Modern English
Indignation, as we defined it (E3DA20), is necessarily bad (E4P45). Note, however, that when the supreme authority, moved by the desire to preserve peace, punishes a citizen who has wronged another, it is not said to be indignant with that citizen — for it is not driven by hatred to destroy him, but led by a sense of duty to punish him.