E4P60S
Scholium — Part IV
Latin
Cum itaque lætitia plerumque (per scholium propositionis 44 hujus) ad unam corporis partem referatur, cupimus ergo plerumque nostrum esse conservare nulla habita ratione integræ nostræ valetudinis : ad quod accedit quod cupiditates quibus maxime tenemur (per corollarium propositionis 9 hujus) temporis tantum præsentis, non autem futuri habent rationem.
English (Elwes 1883)
As pleasure is generally (IV. xliv. note) attributed to one part of the body, we generally desire to preserve our being with out taking into consideration our health as a whole: to which it may be added, that the desires which have most hold over us (IV. ix.) take account of the present and not of the future.
Modern English
Since joy is for the most part (E4P44S) referred to one part of the body, we therefore for the most part desire to preserve our being without taking into account our health as a whole. To this must be added that the desires by which we are most tightly held (E4P9C) have regard only for the present, not for the future.