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E4P68D

Demonstration — Part IV

Latin

Illum liberum esse dixi qui sola ducitur ratione; qui itaque liber nascitur et liber manet, non nisi adæquatas ideas habet ac proinde mali conceptum habet nullum (per corollarium propositionis 64 hujus) et consequenter (nam bonum et malum correlata sunt) neque boni. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

I call free him who is led solely by reason; he, therefore, who is born free, and who remains free, has only adequate ideas; therefore (IV. lxiv. Coroll.) he has no conception of evil, or consequently (good and evil being correlative) of good. Q.E.D.

Modern English

I call free one who is led solely by reason. One who is born free and remains free therefore has only adequate ideas, and consequently has no concept of bad (E4P64C) — and therefore no concept of good either, since good and bad are correlative. Q.E.D.

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