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Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Vera boni et mali cognitio quatenus vera nullum affectum coercere potest sed tantum quatenus ut affectus consideratur.

English (Elwes 1883)

A true knowledge of good and evil cannot check any emotion by virtue of being true, but only in so far as it is considered as an emotion.

Modern English

True knowledge of good and bad cannot check any affect by virtue of being true — only insofar as it is considered as an affect.