ethica

Spinozas ethics and various translations, edited for easy post processing.
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 1 He who runs away, because he sees others running
 2 away, or he who fears, because he sees others in fear; or again,
 3 he who, on seeing that another man has burnt his hand, draws
 4 towards him his own hand, and moves his body as though his own
 5 were burnt; such an one can be said to imitate another's
 6 emotion, but not to emulate him; not because the causes of
 7 emulation and imitation are different, but because it has become
 8 customary to speak of emulation only in him, who imitates that
 9 which we deem to be honourable, useful, or pleasant.  As to the
10 cause of emulation, cf. III. xxvii. and note.  The reason why
11 this emotion is generally coupled with envy may be seen from III.
12 xxxii. and note.
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