Q.E.D.
PROP.XLIX.

Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other conditions being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.
Proof .-- A thing which we conceive as free must (I.Def.

vii.) be perceived through itself without anything else.

If, therefore, we conceive it as the cause of pleasure or pain, we shall therefore (III.xiii.

note) love it or hate it, and shall do so with the utmost love or hatred that can arise from the given emotion.