E2P44D

Demonstration — Part II

Latin

De natura rationis est res vere percipere (per propositionem 41 hujus) nempe (per axioma 6 partis I) ut in se sunt hoc est (per propositionem 29 partis I) non ut contingentes sed ut necessarias. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

It is in the nature of reason to perceive things truly (II. xli.), namely (I. Ax. vi.), as they are in themselves--that is (I. xxix.), not as contingent, but as necessary. Q.E.D.

Modern English

It is in the nature of reason to perceive things truly (E2P41), that is, by (E1A6), as they are in themselves, which means (E1P29), not as contingent but as necessary. Q.E.D.

Depends on (3)

Propositions

Axioms