Cum mens se ipsam suamque agendi potentiam contemplatur, lætatur et eo magis quo se suamque agendi potentiam distinctius imaginatur.
When the mind contemplates itself and its power for acting, it rejoices and even more so the more it imagines itself and its power for acting distinctly.
DEMONSTRATIO: Homo se ipsum non cognoscit nisi per affectiones sui corporis earumque ideas (per propositiones 19 et 23 partis II). Cum ergo fit ut mens se ipsam possit contemplari, eo ipso ad majorem perfectionem transire hoc est (per scholium propositionis 11 hujus) lætitia affici supponitur et eo majore quo se suamque agendi potentiam distinctius imaginari potest. Q.E.D.
A person does not understand itself unless through the modifications of its body and ideas of the same [modifications] (by IIP19 and IIP23). Thus when it happens that the mind is able to contemplate itself, by this itself does it cross to a greater perfection, that is (by IIIP11S) it is supposed to be affected with joy and with more joy to the extent it is able to imagine itself and its power for acting distinctly.
COROLLARIUM: Hæc lætitia magis magisque fovetur quo magis homo se ab aliis laudari imaginatur. Nam quo magis se ab aliis laudari imaginatur eo majore lætitia alios ab ipso affici imaginatur idque concomitante idea sui (per scholium propositionis 29 hujus) atque adeo (per propositionem 27 hujus) ipse majore lætitia concomitante idea sui afficitur. Q.E.D.
This joy is encouraged more and more to the extent that the person imagines oneself to be praised by others. For the more one imagines oneself to be praised by others, the greater the joy one imagines that others are affected by oneself and the idea of oneself as accompanying (by IIIP29S) and to such an extent (by IIIP27) one is affected by a greater joy accompanying the idea of oneself.
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