E4P12C
Corollary — Part IV
Latin
Affectus erga rem quam scimus in præsenti non existere et quam ut contingentem imaginamur, multo remissior est quam si rem in præsenti nobis adesse imaginaremur.
English (Elwes 1883)
An emotion towards a thing, which we know not to exist in the present, and which we conceive as contingent, is far fainter, than if we conceive the thing to be present with us.
Modern English
An affect toward something we know not to exist at present and which we conceive as contingent is far weaker than if we were to conceive the thing as present with us.