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Baruch Spinoza
Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French Translation Section section-0146
Section 146 of 300
Canonical reference section-0146
French
Émile Saisset or Paul Janet
Démonstration : Avoir un objet en haine, c’est (par le Schol. de la Propos. 13, partie 3) se le représenter comme une cause de tristesse, et en conséquence (par la Propos. 28, part. 3) celui qui a un objet en haine s’efforcera de l’écarter ou de le détruire. Mais s’il redoute pour soi quelque chose de plus triste, ou, ce qui est la même chose, un plus grand mal, et s’il croit pouvoir l’éviter en s’abstenant de faire a l’objet de sa haine le mal qu’il lui préparait, il désirera (par la même Propos. 28, partie 3) s’en abstenir en effet ; et cela (par la Propos. 37, partie 3), d’un effort plus grand que celui qui le portait à faire du mal à ce qu’il déteste ; de façon que cet effort prévaudra, comme nous voulons le démontrer. La seconde partie de la démonstration procède de la même manière. Donc, celui qui a quelque objet en haine, etc. C. Q. F. D.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Demonstration: To hate an object is (by the Schol. to Prop. 13, Part 3) to imagine it as a cause of sadness, and consequently (by Prop. 28, Part 3) he who hates an object will endeavor to remove or destroy it. But if he fears for himself something sadder, or, what is the same thing, a greater evil, and if he believes he can avoid it by refraining from doing to the object of his hatred the harm he was preparing for it, he will desire (by the same Prop. 28, Part 3) actually to refrain from doing so; and this (by Prop. 37, Part 3), with an endeavor greater than the one impelling him to harm what he detests; so that this endeavor will prevail, as we wished to demonstrate. The second part of the demonstration proceeds in the same manner. Therefore, he who hates some object, etc. Q.E.D.
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