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Further, the emotion of pleasure in reference to the body and mind together I shall call stimulation (titillatio) or merriment (hilaritas), the emotion of pain in the same relation I shall call suffering or melancholy.
The Ethics 2007
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Amor est titillatio, concomitante idea causae externae
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This connection is, indeed, the basis of Spinoza's famous definition of love, -- "_Amor est titillatio quædam concomitante idea causæ externæ_," -- a statement which seems to be reflected in Chamfort's definition of love as "_l'échange de deux fantaisies, et le contact de deux epidermes_."
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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Bacon observes, "Ipsa titillatio si præmoneas non magnopere in risum valet."
History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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To amuse the reader, on the other hand, Spinoza's definition deserves to be quoted because of its exuberant na�vet�: _Amor est titillatio, concomitante idea causae externae_ (_Eth. _ iv., prop. 44).
Essays of Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer 1824
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