“ PROP. XLIII. Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. ”
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677). copy citation
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
|---|---|
| Source | Ethics |
| Topic | love hatred |
| Date | 1677 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by R. H. M. Elwes |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm |
Context
“Therefore he who has conferred a benefit confers it in obedience to the desire, which he feels of being loved in return; that is (III. But, by the hypothesis, he conceives something else, which excludes the existence of the said cause of honour: wherefore he will thereat feel pain (III. Q.E.D.
PROP. XLIII. Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.
xl.) . xxxviii.) regard himself with pleasure, and (III. xxix.) will endeavour to please the cause of his emotion. xli.) , and not to affect him painfully; this endeavour (III. xxxvii.) will be greater or less in proportion to the emotion from which it arises.” source
PROP. XLIII. Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.
xl.) . xxxviii.) regard himself with pleasure, and (III. xxix.) will endeavour to please the cause of his emotion. xli.) , and not to affect him painfully; this endeavour (III. xxxvii.) will be greater or less in proportion to the emotion from which it arises.” source
