in the same note to III.

xi.) is pain, which, in so far as it is referred to the body, consists in the absolute decrease or hindrance of the body's power of activity; therefore (IV.
xxxviii.) it is always bad.

Q.E.D.
PROP.XLIII.

Stimulation may be excessive and bad; on the other hand, grief may be good, in so far as stimulation or pleasure is bad.
Proof .-- Localized pleasure or stimulation (titillatio) is pleasure, which, in so far as it is referred to the body, consists in one or some of its parts being affected more than the rest (see its Definition, III.xi.

note); the power of this emotion may be sufficient to overcome other actions of the body (IV.