E3P36D2

Demonstration — Part III

Latin

Nam quatenus aliquam circumstantiam deficere comperit eatenus aliquid imaginatur quod ejus rei existentiam secludit. Cum autem ejus rei sive circumstantiæ (per propositionem præcedentem) sit præ amore cupidus, ergo (per propositionem 19 hujus) quatenus eandem deficere imaginatur, contristabitur. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

For, in so far as he finds some circumstance to be missing, he conceives something which excludes its existence. As he is assumed to be desirous for love's sake of that thing or circumstance (by the last Prop.), he will, in so far as he conceives it to be missing, feel pain (III. xix.). Q.E.D.

Modern English

Insofar as he finds some circumstance to be absent, he imagines something that excludes its existence. Since he desires that thing or circumstance on account of love (E3P36), insofar as he imagines it absent, he will be saddened (E3P19). Q.E.D.

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Propositions

E3P19