E4P13
Proposition 13 — Part IV
English (Elwes 1883)also show
Latin
Affectus erga rem contingentem quam scimus in præsenti non existere, cæteris paribus remissior est quam affectus erga rem præteritam.
English (Elwes 1883)
Emotion towards a thing contingent, which we know not to exist in the present, is, other conditions being equal, fainter than an emotion towards a thing past.
Modern English
An affect toward a contingent thing we know to be non-existent in the present is, all else being equal, weaker than an affect toward a past thing.