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E1P25D

Demonstration of Proposition 25 — Part I

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Latin

Si negas, ergo rerum essentiæ Deus non est causa adeoque (per axioma 4) potest rerum essentia sine Deo concipi : atqui hoc (per propositionem 15) est absurdum. Ergo rerum etiam essentiæ Deus est causa. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

If this be denied, then God is not the cause of the essence of things; and therefore the essence of things can (by Ax. iv.) be conceived without God. This (by Prop. xv.) is absurd. Therefore, God is the cause of the essence of things. Q.E.D.

Modern English

Suppose God is not the cause of the essence of things. Then (E1A4) the essence of things can be conceived without God. But that is absurd (E1P15). Therefore God is the cause of the essence of things as well. Q.E.D.

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