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E1P17C2

Corollary — Part I

Latin

Sequitur II° solum Deum esse causam liberam. Deus enim solus ex sola suæ naturæ necessitate existit (per propositionem 11 et corollarium I propositionis 14) et ex sola suæ naturæ necessitate agit (per propositionem præcedentem). Adeoque (per definitionem 7) solus est causa libera. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

It follows: 2. That God is the sole free cause. For God alone exists by the sole necessity of his nature (by Prop. xi. and Prop. xiv., Coroll. i.), and acts by the sole necessity of his own nature, wherefore God is (by Def. vii.) the sole free cause. Q.E.D.

Modern English

Second, it follows that God alone is a free cause. For God alone exists from the necessity of his own nature alone (E1P11) and (E1P14C1), and acts from the necessity of his own nature alone (E1P17). So (E1D7) he alone is a free cause. Q.E.D.

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