He who is moved to help others neither by reason nor by compassion, is rightly styled inhuman, for (III.

xxvii.) he seems unlike a man.
PROP.LI.

Approval is not repugnant to reason, but can agree therewith and arise therefrom.
Proof .-- Approval is love towards one who has done good to another (Def.

of the Emotions, xix.); therefore it may be referred to the mind, in so far as the latter is active (III.
lix.), that is (III.

iii.), in so far as it understands; therefore, it is in agreement with reason, &c.