E4P66C

Corollary — Part IV

Latin

Malum præsens minus quod est causa majoris futuri boni, ex rationis ductu appetemus et bonum præsens minus quod causa est majoris futuri mali, negligemus. Hoc corollarium se habet ad præcedentem propositionem ut corollarium propositionis 65 ad ipsam propositionem 65.

English (Elwes 1883)

We may, under the guidance of reason, seek a lesser evil in the present, because it is the cause of a greater good in the future, and we may shun a lesser good in the present, because it is the cause of a greater evil in the future. This Corollary is related to the foregoing Proposition as the Corollary to IV. lxv. is related to the said IV. lxv.

Modern English

Under the guidance of reason we seek a lesser present bad because it is the cause of a greater future good, and we shun a lesser present good because it is the cause of a greater future bad. This corollary stands in the same relation to the preceding proposition as the corollary of Proposition 65 stands to Proposition 65 itself.

Editorial notes

Anywhere the Latin and English texts diverge in their citations, a note is recorded here. Deliberate disambiguations the build performs (the Latin's specific ordinal applied to an ambiguous English reference) are tagged Disambiguated or Promoted. Observed divergences that are not editorially reconciled — citations one witness makes that the other condenses or rephrases — are tagged Latin-only or English-only. Body text is never modified.

Promoted — the English citation "IV. lxv." (which would have resolved to E4P65) points instead to E4P65C — the sub-section the Latin text specifies in the same passage.
Promoted — the English citation "IV. lxv." (which would have resolved to E4P65) points instead to E4P65C — the sub-section the Latin text specifies in the same passage.
Latin-only citation — at this section the Latin text additionally cites E4P65. Elwes's English does not render this as an explicit reference.

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Corollaries

E4P65C