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or_o friendship_n seem_v to_o be_v nothing_o but_o constancy_n of_o love_n so_o enmity_n nothing_o but_o constancy_n of_o hatred_n estimation_n if_o then_o you_o seek_v for_o a_o more_o genuine_a distinction_n of_o love_n i_o know_v not_o how_o better_a to_o gratify_v your_o curiosity_n than_o by_o entertain_v it_o with_o that_o deliver_v by_o the_o most_o excellent_a mounseur_fw-fr des_fw-mi cartes_n in_o his_o book_n concern_v the_o passion_n which_o i_o will_v therefore_o faithful_o recite_v love_n say_v he_o may_v in_o my_o judgement_n be_v with_o good_a reason_n distinguish_v by_o the_o several_a degree_n of_o esteem_n we_o have_v of_o the_o thing_n love_v for_o when_o a_o man_n have_v less_o esteem_n for_o a_o object_n than_o for_o himself_o and_o yet_o love_v it_o his_o love_n be_v no_o more_o but_o simple_a propension_n or_o benevolence_n when_o as_o much_o as_o for_o himself_o it_o be_v amity_n or_o friendship_n when_o great_a than_o for_o himself_o it_o may_v be_v call_v 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such_o as_o the_o rational_a soul_n by_o her_o excellent_a faculty_n and_o proper_a act_n appear_v to_o be_v can_v act_v physica_o in_o and_o upon_o a_o gross_a and_o ponderous_a body_n such_o as_o we_o be_v immediate_o or_o without_o the_o mediation_n of_o a_o three_o thing_n which_o though_o corporeal_a too_o may_v yet_o be_v of_o a_o substance_n so_o refine_v and_o subtle_a as_o to_o approach_v somewhat_o near_o to_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o pure_a spirit_n than_o the_o body_n itself_o do_v and_o therefore_o for_o the_o more_o probable_a explication_n of_o the_o phenomena_n of_o the_o passion_n which_o be_v not_o raise_v in_o the_o rational_a soul_n i_o find_v myself_o oblige_v to_o admit_v she_o to_o have_v a_o sensitive_a one_o conjoin_v with_o she_o to_o receive_v her_o immediate_a suggestion_n and_o to_o actuate_v the_o body_n according_a to_o her_o sovereign_a will_n and_o pleasure_n there_o be_v less_o of_o disparity_n betwixt_o the_o most_o thin_a and_o subtle_a body_n of_o 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