E4P22

Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Nulla virtus potest prior hac (nempe conatu sese conservandi) concipi.

English (Elwes 1883)

No virtue can be conceived as prior to this endeavour to preserve one's own being.

Modern English

No virtue can be conceived prior to this one, namely, the *conatus* to preserve oneself.

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