Letter 112
Synesius of Cyrene→Troilus|c. 399 AD|synesius cyrene
To Troilus.
Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul. Feeling determines love and hatred; it is the critical, rational faculty that determines praise and blame.
Letter 112: On Praise and Love
[1] To Troilus
Praise and Love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not regulated by the same faculties of the soul. [2] Feeling determines love and hatred, whereas it is by the use of the critical and rational faculties that we praise and blame.
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To Troilus.
Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul. Feeling determines love and hatred; it is the critical, rational faculty that determines praise and blame.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.