xlv.); we may, however, remark that, when the sovereign power for the sake of preserving peace punishes a citizen who has injured another, it should not be said to be indignant with the criminal, for it is not incited by hatred to ruin him, it is led by a sense of duty to punish him.
PROP.LII.

Self--approval may arise from reason, and that which arises from reason is the highest possible.
Proof .-- Self--approval is pleasure arising from a man's contemplation of himself and his own power of action (Def.

of the Emotions, xxv.).

But a man's true power of action or virtue is reason herself (III.

iii.), as the said man clearly and distinctly contemplates her (II.xl.