E4P6

Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Vis alicujus passionis seu affectus reliquas hominis actiones seu potentiam superare potest ita ut affectus pertinaciter homini adhæreat.

English (Elwes 1883)

The force of any passion or emotion can overcome the rest of a man's activities or power, so that the emotion becomes obstinately fixed to him.

Modern English

The force of any passion or affect can overcome the rest of a person's actions or power, so that the affect clings to the person obstinately.

Depended on by (6)