note), in other words (III.

vii.), diminishes or constrains the effort, wherewith he endeavours to persist in his own being; therefore (III.

v.) it is contrary to the said endeavour: thus all the endeavours of a man affected by pain are directed to removing that pain.

But (by the definition of pain), in proportion as the pain is greater, so also is it necessarily opposed to a greater part of man's power of activity; therefore the greater the pain, the greater the power of activity employed to remove it; that is, the greater will be the desire or appetite in endeavouring to remove it.

Again, since pleasure (III.xi.