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1 I said that Paul may hate Peter, because he conceives 2 that Peter possesses something which he (Paul) also loves; from 3 this it seems, at first sight, to follow, that these two men, 4 through both loving the same thing, and, consequently, through 5 agreement of their respective natures, stand in one another's way; 6 if this were so, Props. xxx. and xxxi. of this part would be 7 untrue. But if we give the matter our unbiased attention, we 8 shall see that the discrepancy vanishes. For the two men are not 9 in one another's way in virtue of the agreement of their natures, 10 that is, through both loving the same thing, but in virtue of one 11 differing from the other. For, in so far as each loves the same 12 thing, the love of each is fostered thereby (III. xxxi.), that is 13 (Def. of the Emotions, vi.) the pleasure of each is fostered 14 thereby. Wherefore it is far from being the case, that they are 15 at variance through both loving the same thing, and through the 16 agreement in their natures. The cause for their opposition lies, 17 as I have said, solely in the fact that they are assumed to 18 differ. For we assume that Peter has the idea of the loved 19 object as already in his possession, while Paul has the idea of 20 the loved object as lost. Hence the one man will be affected 21 with pleasure, the other will be affected with pain, and thus 22 they will be at variance one with another. We can easily show in 23 like manner, that all other causes of hatred depend solely on 24 differences, and not on the agreement between men's natures. 25 26