E4P11
Proposition — Part IV
Latin
Affectus erga rem quam ut necessariam imaginamur, cæteris paribus intensior est quam erga possibilem vel contingentem sive non necessariam.
English (Elwes 1883)
Modern English
An affect toward something we conceive as necessary is, all else being equal, more intense than an affect toward something possible or contingent, that is, non-necessary.