3p17d.md (440B)
1 The given thing is (by hypothesis) in itself a cause 2 of pain, and (III. xiii. note), in so far as we imagine it with 3 this emotion, we shall hate it: further, inasmuch as we conceive 4 that it has some point of resemblance to something else, which is 5 wont to affect us with an equally strong emotion of pleasure, we 6 shall with an equally strong impulse of pleasure love it 7 (III. xvi.); thus we shall both hate and love the same thing. 8 Q.E.D. 9 10