(3) Again, since
pleasure ([xi] note) increases or aids a man's power of activity
it may easily be shown in like manner, that a man affected by pleasure
has no desire further than to preserve it, and his desire will be in
proportion to the magnitude of the pleasure.
(37:4) Lastly, since hatred and love are themselves emotions of pain and
pleasure, it follows in like manner that the endeavour, appetite, or
desire, which arises through hatred or love, will be greater in
proportion to the hatred or love. Q.E.D.
Prop. [XXXVIII] If a man has begun to hate an object of his love,
so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will,
causes being equal, regard it with more hatred
than if he had never loved it, and his hatred
will be in proportion to the strength of his
former love.
Proof.- (38:1) If a man begins to hate that which he had loved, more of
his appetites are put under restraint than if he had never loved it.
(2) For love is a pleasure ([xiii] note) which a man endeavours as
far as he can to render permanent ([xxviii] ) ; he does so by
regarding the object of his love as present, and by affecting it as far
as he can pleasurably; this endeavour is greater in proportion as the
love is greater, and so also is the endeavour to bring about that the
beloved should return his affection ([xxxiii] ).
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