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1 If a man begins to hate that which he had loved, more 2 of his appetites are put under restraint than if he had never 3 loved it. For love is a pleasure (III. xiii. note) which a man 4 endeavours as far as he can to render permanent (III. xxviii.); 5 he does so by regarding the object of his love as present, and by 6 affecting it as far as he can pleasurably; this endeavour is 7 greater in proportion as the love is greater, and so also is the 8 endeavour to bring about that the beloved should return his 9 affection (III. xxxiii.). Now these endeavours are constrained 10 by hatred towards the object of love (III. xiii. Coroll. and III. 11 xxiii.); wherefore the lover (III. xi. note) will for this cause 12 also be affected with pain, the more so in proportion as his love 13 has been greater; that is, in addition to the pain caused by 14 hatred, there is a pain caused by the fact that he has loved the 15 object; wherefore the lover will regard the beloved with greater 16 pain, or in other words, will hate it more than if he had never 17 loved it, and with the more intensity in proportion as his former 18 love was greater. Q.E.D. 19 20