(2) And this is the case with
the object, which we conceive to have no property that is not common
to many. (3) For we thereupon assume that we are regarding therein
nothing, which we have not before seen in conjunction with other objects.
(52:4) But when we suppose that we conceive in an object something
special, which we have never seen before, we must needs say that the
mind, while regarding that object, has in itself nothing which it can
fall to regarding instead thereof; therefore it is determined to the
contemplation of that object only. (5) Therefore an object, &c. Q.E.D.
Note.- (52:6) This mental modification, or imagination of a particular
thing, in so far as it is alone in the mind, is called Wonder; but if
it be excited by an object of fear, it is called Consternation, because
wonder at an evil keeps a man so engrossed in the simple contemplation
thereof, that he has no power to think of anything else whereby he might
avoid the evil. (52:7) If, however, the object of wonder be a man's
prudence, industry, or anything of that sort, inasmuch as the said
man is thereby regarded as far surpassing ourselves, wonder is called
Veneration; otherwise, if a man's anger, envy, &c., be what we wonder at,
the emotion is called Horror. (52:8) Again, if it be the prudence,
industry, or what not, of a man we love, that we wonder at, our love
will on this account be the greater ([xii] ), and when joined to
wonder or veneration is called Devotion.
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