Read · Part IIIE3P54Proposition 54 — Part IIIEnglish (Elwes 1883)also showLatinModern EnglishLatinMens ea tantum imaginari conatur quæ ipsius agendi potentiam ponunt.English (Elwes 1883)The mind endeavours to conceive only such things as assert its power of activity.Modern EnglishThe mind strives to imagine only those things that posit its power of acting.← E3P53CCorollary to Proposition 53E3P54D →Demonstration of Proposition 54