E3P52
Proposition — Part III
Latin
Objectum quod simul cum aliis antea vidimus vel quod nihil habere imaginamur nisi quod commune est pluribus, non tamdiu contemplabimur ac illud quod aliquid singulare habere imaginamur.
English (Elwes 1883)
An object which we have formerly seen in conjunction with others, and which we do not conceive to have any property that is not common to many, will not be regarded by us for so long, as an object which we conceive to have some property peculiar to itself.
Modern English
An object we have previously seen together with others, or which we imagine to have no property except what is common to many things, will not hold our attention as long as an object we imagine to have something distinctive about it.