"When we love a thing similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring about that it should love us in return."
— Love

January 1, 1970

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Sources

Baruch Spinoza, Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata (Ethics Geometrically Demonstrated) (published in 1677), Part III: On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions, Prop. 33, Full text online