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Proposition — Part I

Latin

In rerum natura nullum datur contingens sed omnia ex necessitate divinæ naturæ determinata sunt ad certo modo existendum et operandum.

English (Elwes 1883)

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

Modern English

Nothing in the nature of things is contingent. All things are determined by the necessity of divine nature to exist and to act in a particular way.