5p15d.md (345B)
1 He who clearly and distinctly understands himself and 2 his emotions feels pleasure (III. liii.), and this pleasure is 3 (by the last Prop.) accompanied by the idea of God; therefore 4 (Def. of the Emotions, vi.) such an one loves God, and (for the 5 same reason) so much the more in proportion as he more 6 understands himself and his emotions. Q.E.D. 7 8