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Postulate — Part III

Latin

Corpus humanum potest multis affici modis quibus ipsius agendi potentia augetur vel minuitur et etiam aliis qui ejusdem agendi potentiam nec majorem nec minorem reddunt. Hoc postulatum seu axioma nititur postulato 1 et lemmatibus 5 et 7, quæ vide post propositionem 13 partis II.

English (Elwes 1883)

The human body can be affected in many ways, whereby its power of activity is increased or diminished, and also in other ways which do not render its power of activity either greater or less.

N.B. This postulate or axiom rests on Postulate i. and Lemmas v. and vii., which see after II. xiii.

Modern English

The human body can be affected in many ways that increase or diminish its power of acting, and also in ways that neither increase nor diminish that power.

This postulate rests on Postulate 1 and Lemmas 5 and 7, which appear after Proposition 13 of Part 2 (E2P13).

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