E2P35D
Demonstration — Part II
Latin
Nihil in ideis positivum datur quod falsitatis formam constituat (per propositionem 33 hujus); at falsitas in absoluta privatione consistere nequit (mentes enim, non corpora errare nec falli dicuntur) neque etiam in absoluta ignorantia; diversa enim sunt ignorare et errare; quare in cognitionis privatione quam rerum inadæquata cognitio sive ideæ inadæquatæ et confusæ involvunt, consistit. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
There is nothing positive in ideas, which causes them to be called false (II. xxxiii.); but falsity cannot consist in simple privation (for minds, not bodies, are said to err and to be mistaken), neither can it consist in absolute ignorance, for ignorance and error are not identical; wherefore it consists in the privation of knowledge, which inadequate, fragmentary, or confused ideas involve. Q.E.D.
Modern English
There is nothing positive in ideas that constitutes the form of falsity (E2P33). But falsity cannot consist in absolute privation either, for it is minds, not bodies, that are said to err and be deceived, nor does it consist in absolute ignorance; ignorance and error are distinct. Therefore it consists in the privation of knowledge that inadequate and confused knowledge of things, that is, inadequate and confused ideas, involves. Q.E.D.