Editor's notes

Corpus-wide audit of Latin/English citation alignment

Every section whose Latin and English texts cite differently is annotated. Annotations fall into four kinds. Reconciled citations are tagged Disambiguated or Promoted; observed-but-unreconciled divergences are tagged Latin-only or English-only. The same note appears on the corresponding section page under Editorial notes.

Total resolved citations: 2281. Sections with at least one editorial annotation: 294.

Disambiguated (12)

The English text used an ambiguous reference (e.g. [:em "Coroll."] where the section has more than one corollary). The build chose the specific sub-section the Latin text spells out in the same passage.

Promoted (274)

The English text cited a bare proposition; the Latin text in the same passage specifies a sub-section (demonstration, scholium, or corollary). The English link points to the Latin's specified sub-section.

Latin-only citation (142)

At this section the Latin text makes an explicit citation that Elwes's English does not render. No editorial action is taken; the divergence is preserved.

English-only citation (73)

At this section Elwes's English makes an explicit citation that the Latin text does not include. Most are translator clarifications; a few may indicate citation forms the Latin extractor has not yet learned to recognize. No editorial action is taken.

Structural divergences (15)

Sections that align in only one witness — genuine differences in how Spinoza's Latin and Elwes's English divide the text (a passage one gives as a scholium the other as a corollary, a demonstration only one spells out, a preface the Latin source leaves unheaded). Each note is also shown on the section page.

  • E1P6D2 — present only in the Latin. Elwes folds Spinoza's second proof of this proposition into the corollary's prose — after the corollary's Q.E.D., "This is shown still more readily by the absurdity of the contradictory…" — so the English has no separate demonstration here.
  • E1P9D — present only in the Latin. Elwes renders this one-line proof (Latin "Patet ex definitione 4") as the parenthetical "(Def. iv.)" inside the proposition, rather than as a separate demonstration.
  • E2D8 — present only in the Latin. In the physical interlude after E2P13, the Latin numbers the definition of an Individual within Part II's main definition sequence; Elwes places it inside the interlude, so the two do not share an id.
  • E2P10D2 — present only in the Latin. This is the demonstration of E2P10's corollary. Because demonstrations are keyed to their proposition, the Latin labels it a second demonstration of the proposition; Elwes folds it into the corollary.
  • E2P13C — present only in Elwes's English. Elwes's single corollary here carries the content of the corollary to Lemma III in the physical interlude ("a body in motion stays in motion"). The Latin divides and numbers the interlude's corollaries differently (E2P13C1, E2P13C2).
  • E2P13C1 — present only in the Latin. Latin corollary ("man consists of mind and body"). Elwes does not render this as a distinct corollary of E2P13 — the witnesses divide the physical interlude differently.
  • E2P13C2 — present only in the Latin. Latin corollary ("a body in motion stays in motion"), the corollary to Lemma III in the physical interlude attached to the proposition. Elwes's lone corollary (E2P13C) carries this content.
  • E2Pref — present only in Elwes's English. The Latin source gives Part II's opening ("Transeo iam…") with no PRÆFATIO heading, run together with Definition I; Elwes presents it as a preface, so only the English aligns here.
  • E4P10C — present only in Elwes's English. Elwes renders this remark (on Def. 6 of this Part) as a corollary; the Latin gives the same passage as a scholium (E4P10S).
  • E4P10S — present only in the Latin. The Latin gives this remark (on Def. 6 of this Part) as a scholium; Elwes renders the same passage as a corollary (E4P10C).
  • E4P45S — present only in Elwes's English. Elwes's scholium here (derision vs. laughter) corresponds to the Latin's second scholium (E4P45S2). The Latin's first scholium is E4P45S1.
  • E4P45S1 — present only in the Latin. Latin's first scholium ("by hatred I mean only hatred toward men"). Elwes marks it "N.B." and runs it into the demonstration, so it is not parsed as a separate scholium.
  • E4P45S2 — present only in the Latin. Latin's second scholium (derision vs. laughter). Elwes carries this as its single scholium (E4P45S).
  • E4P50C — present only in the Latin. Elwes does not render P50's corollary as a separate section; its content is folded into the Note (E4P50S).
  • E4P72S — present only in the Latin. Elwes presents P72's argument as a single "Proof", combining what the Latin divides into a demonstration (E4P72D) and this scholium.