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Demonstration — Part I

Latin

Attributum enim est id quod intellectus de substantia percipit tanquam ejus essentiam constituens (per definitionem 4) adeoque (per definitionem 3) per se concipi debet. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

An attribute is that which the intellect perceives of substance, as constituting its essence (Def. iv.), and, therefore, must be conceived through itself (Def. iii.). Q.E.D.

Modern English

For an attribute is what the intellect perceives of substance as constituting its essence (E1D4); and so (E1D3) it must be conceived through itself. Q.E.D.

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