EthicaReadConceptsApparatusAbout

E3P1C

Corollary — Part III

Latin

Hinc sequitur mentem eo pluribus passionibus esse obnoxiam quo plures ideas inadæquatas habet et contra eo plura agere quo plures habet adæquatas.

English (Elwes 1883)

Hence it follows that the mind is more or less liable to be acted upon, in proportion as it possesses inadequate ideas, and, contrariwise, is more or less active in proportion as it possesses adequate ideas.

Modern English

From this it follows that the mind is subject to more passions in proportion as it has more inadequate ideas, and conversely acts more in proportion as it has more adequate ideas.