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1 From the mere fact of conceiving that anyone loves 2 anything we shall ourselves love that thing (III. xxvii.): but 3 we are assumed to love it already; there is, therefore, a new 4 cause of love, whereby our former emotion is fostered; hence we 5 shall thereupon love it more steadfastly. Again, from the mere 6 fact of conceiving that anyone shrinks from anything, we shall 7 ourselves shrink from that thing (III. xxvii.). If we assume 8 that we at the same time love it, we shall then simultaneously 9 love it and shrink from it; in other words, we shall be subject 10 to vacillation (III. xvii. note). Q.E.D. 11 12