E4P2D
Demonstration — Part IV
Latin
Nos tum pati dicimur cum aliquid in nobis oritur cujus non nisi partialis sumus causa (per definitionem 2 partis III) hoc est (per definitionem 1 partis III) aliquid quod ex solis legibus nostræ naturæ deduci nequit. Patimur igitur quatenus Naturæ sumus pars quæ per se absque aliis nequit concipi. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
We are said to be passive, when something arises in us, whereof we are only a partial cause (III. Def. ii.), that is (III. Def. i.), something which cannot be deduced solely from the laws of our nature. We are passive therefore, in so far as we are a part of Nature, which cannot be conceived by itself without other parts. Q.E.D.
Modern English
We are said to be passive when something arises in us of which we are only a partial cause (E3D2), that is, (E3D1), something that cannot be deduced solely from the laws of our own nature. We are therefore passive insofar as we are a part of Nature that cannot be conceived by itself without other parts. Q.E.D.