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Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Cupiditas quæ ex cognitione boni et mali quatenus hæc cognitio futurum respicit, oritur, facilius rerum cupiditate quæ in præsentia suaves sunt, coerceri vel restingui potest.

English (Elwes 1883)

Desire arising from the knowledge of good and evil, in so far as such knowledge regards what is future, may be more easily controlled or quenched, than the desire for what is agreeable at the present moment.

Modern English

Desire arising from knowledge of good and bad, insofar as that knowledge concerns the future, can more easily be checked or quenched by desire for things that are pleasant in the present.

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