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Chapter 21 Affection
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| 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. |
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