Cum rem nobis similem amamus, conamur quantum possumus efficere ut nos contra amet.
Since we love a thing similar to us, we try as much as we are able to effect that it love us in return.
DEMONSTRATIO: Rem quam amamus præ reliquis quantum possumus imaginari conamur (per propositionem 12 hujus). Si igitur res nobis sit similis, ipsam præ reliquis lætitia afficere conabimur (per propositionem 29 hujus) sive conabimur quantum possumus efficere ut res amata lætitia afficiatur concomitante idea nostri hoc est (per scholium propositionis 13 hujus) ut nos contra amet. Q.E.D.
A thing which we love we try to imagine as much as possible before all others (by IIIP12 [Conatus of Mind]). If therefore the thing might be similar to us, we will try to affect itself before all others with joy (by IIIP29 [Influence of Opinion of Others]) or we will try as much as we are able to effect so that the beloved object to be affected with joy accompanied by the idea of us, that is (by IIIP13S [Conatus to Forget]) so that it loves us in return.
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