Letter 112: Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul.
To Troilus.
Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul. Feeling determines love and hatred; it is the critical, rational faculty that determines praise and blame.
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