E3P12

Proposition — Part III

Latin

Mens quantum potest ea imaginari conatur quæ corporis agendi potentiam augent vel juvant.

English (Elwes 1883)

The mind, as far as it can, endeavours to conceive those things, which increase or help the power of activity in the body.

Modern English

The mind strives, as much as it can, to imagine those things that increase or help the power of activity of the body.