(8) Horse and man are alike
carried away by the desire of procreation; but the desire of the former
is equine, the desire of the latter is human. (9) So also the lusts and
appetites of insects, fishes, and birds must needs vary according to the
several natures. (57:10) Thus, although each individual lives content and
rejoices in that nature belonging to him wherein he has his being, yet
the life, wherein each is content and rejoices, is nothing else but the
idea, or soul, of the said individual, and hence the joy of one only
differs in nature from the joy of another, to the extent that the essence
of one differs from the essence of another. (57:11) Lastly, it follows from
the foregoing proposition, that there is no small difference between the
joy which actuates, say, a drunkard, and the joy possessed by a
philosopher, as I just mention here by the way. (12) Thus far I have
treated of the emotions attributable to man, in so far as he is passive.
(57:13) It remains to add a few words on those attributable to him in
so far as he is active.
Prop. [LVIII] Besides pleasure and desire, which are passivities
or passions, there are other emotions derived from
pleasure and desire, which are attributable to us
in so far as we are active.
Proof.- (58:1) When the mind conceives itself and its power of activity,
it feels pleasure ([liii] ): now the mind necessarily contemplates
itself, when it conceives a true or adequate idea (II:[xliii] ).
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