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Proposition — Part III

Latin

Mens tam quatenus claras et distinctas quam quatenus confusas habet ideas, conatur in suo esse perseverare indefinita quadam duratione et hujus sui conatus est conscia.

English (Elwes 1883)

The mind, both in so far as it has clear and distinct ideas, and also in so far as it has confused ideas, endeavours to persist in its being for an indefinite period, and of this endeavour it is conscious.

Modern English

The mind, both insofar as it has clear and distinct ideas and insofar as it has confused ideas, strives to persist in its being for an indefinite duration, and is conscious of this *conatus*.

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