Existimatio est de aliquo præ amore plus justo sentire.
Reverence is to feel more than appropriate about someone due to love.
Spinoza is leery of religion and religious leaders. This definition seems to resonate with that meaning. To feel strongly about someone due to love is certainly a normal condition. The challenge is that such feelings can cloud appropriate judgment and it is this clouding that Spinoza is highlighting.
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