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1 Among the kinds of emotions, which, by the last 2 proposition, must be very numerous, the chief are luxury, 3 drunkenness, lust, avarice, and ambition, being merely species of 4 love or desire, displaying the nature of those emotions in a 5 manner varying according to the object, with which they are 6 concerned. For by luxury, drunkenness, lust, avarice, ambition, 7 &c., we simply mean the immoderate love of feasting, drinking, 8 venery, riches, and fame. Furthermore, these emotions, in so far 9 as we distinguish them from others merely by the objects 10 wherewith they are concerned, have no contraries. For 11 temperance, sobriety, and chastity, which we are wont to oppose 12 to luxury, drunkenness, and lust, are not emotions or passive 13 states, but indicate a power of the mind which moderates the 14 last–named emotions. However, I cannot here explain the 15 remaining kinds of emotions (seeing that they are as numerous as 16 the kinds of objects), nor, if I could, would it be necessary. 17 It is sufficient for our purpose, namely, to determine the 18 strength of the emotions, and the mind's power over them, to have 19 a general definition of each emotion. It is sufficient, I 20 repeat, to understand the general properties of the emotions and 21 the mind, to enable us to determine the quality and extent of the 22 mind's power in moderating and checking the emotions. Thus, 23 though there is a great difference between various emotions of 24 love, hatred, or desire, for instance between love felt towards 25 children, and love felt towards a wife, there is no need for us 26 to take cognizance of such differences, or to track out further 27 the nature and origin of the emotions. 28 29