E4P29
Proposition — Part IV
Latin
Res quæcunque singularis cujus natura a nostra prorsus est diversa, nostram agendi potentiam nec juvare nec coercere potest et absolute res nulla potest nobis bona aut mala esse nisi commune aliquid nobiscum habeat.
English (Elwes 1883)
No individual thing, which is entirely different from our own nature, can help or check our power of activity, and absolutely nothing can do us good or harm, unless it has something in common with our nature.
Modern English
No individual thing whose nature is entirely different from ours can help or check our power of acting. Absolutely nothing can be good or bad for us unless it has something in common with our nature.