E4P17

Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Cupiditas quæ oritur ex vera boni et mali cognitione quatenus hæc circa res contingentes versatur, multo adhuc facilius coerceri potest cupiditate rerum quæ præsentes sunt.

English (Elwes 1883)

Desire arising from the true knowledge of good and evil, in so far as such knowledge is concerned with what is contingent, can be controlled far more easily still, than desire for things that are present.

Modern English

Desire arising from true knowledge of good and bad, insofar as that knowledge concerns contingent things, can be checked far more easily still by desire for things that are present.