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Chapter 21 Affection

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πάθος λέγεται ἕνα μὲν τρόπον ποιότης καθ᾽ ἣν ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐνδέχεται, οἷον τὸ λευκὸν καὶ τὸ μέλαν, καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ πικρόν, καὶ βαρύτης καὶ κουφότης, καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα τοιαῦτα: ἕνα δὲ αἱ τούτων ἐνέργειαι καὶ ἀλλοιώσεις ἤδη. ἔτι τούτων μᾶλλον αἱ βλαβεραὶ ἀλλοιώσεις καὶ κινήσεις, [20] καὶ μάλιστα αἱ λυπηραὶ βλάβαι. ἔτι τὰ μεγέθη τῶν συμφορῶν καὶ λυπηρῶν πάθη λέγεται.	ƿ Passio dicitur uno quidem modo qualitas secundum ↵ quam alterari contingit, ut album et nigrum, et dulce et amarum, et gravitas et levitas, et quaecumque * alia talia. Alio vero horum actiones et alterationes iam. Amplius horum magis nocive alterationes et motus, et maxime tristes nocive. ↵ amplius magnitudines calamitatum et tristium passiones dicuntur.	Chapter 21. Affection means (1) a quality in respect of which a thing can be altered, e.g. white and black, sweet and bitter, heaviness and lightness, and all others of the kind. (2) The actualization of these – the already accomplished alterations.(3) Especially, injurious alterations and movements, and, above all painful injuries.(4) Misfortunes and painful experiences when on a large scale are called affections.