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E4P32D

Demonstration — Part IV

Latin

Quæ natura convenire dicuntur, potentia convenire intelliguntur (per propositionem 7 partis III) non autem impotentia seu negatione et consequenter (vide scholium propositionis 3 partis III) neque etiam passione; quare homines quatenus passionibus sunt obnoxii, non possunt dici quod natura conveniant. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

Things, which are said to be in harmony naturally, are understood to agree in power (III. vii.), not in want of power or negation, and consequently not in passion (III. iii. note); wherefore men, in so far as they are a prey to their passions, cannot be said to be naturally in harmony. Q.E.D.

Modern English

Things said to agree in nature are understood to agree in power (E3P7), not in want of power or negation, and consequently not in passion either (E3P3S). So men, in so far as they are subject to passions, cannot be said to agree in nature.

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