Letter 112: Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul.
Letter 112: On Praise and Love
[1] To Troilus
Praise and Love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not regulated by the same faculties of the soul. [2] Feeling determines love and hatred, whereas it is by the use of the critical and rational faculties that we praise and blame.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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