4p52d.md (657B)
1 Self–approval is pleasure arising from a man's 2 contemplation of himself and his own power of action (Def. of the 3 Emotions, xxv.). But a man's true power of action or virtue is 4 reason herself (III. iii.), as the said man clearly and 5 distinctly contemplates her (II. xl. xliii.); therefore 6 self–approval arises from reason. Again, when a man is 7 contemplating himself, he only perceived clearly and distinctly 8 or adequately, such things as follow from his power of action 9 (III. Def. ii.), that is (III. iii.), from his power of 10 understanding; therefore in such contemplation alone does the 11 highest possible self–approval arise. Q.E.D. 12 13