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Demonstration — Part IV

Latin

Vis et incrementum cujuscunque passionis ejusque in existendo perseverantia definitur potentia causæ externæ cum nostra comparata (per propositionem præcedentem) adeoque (per propositionem 3 hujus) hominis potentiam superare potest etc. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

The force and increase of any passion and its persistence in existing are defined by the power of an external cause compared with our own (by the foregoing Prop.); therefore (IV. iii.) it can overcome a man's power, &e. Q.E.D.

Modern English

The force and increase of any passion and its perseverance in existing are defined by the power of an external cause compared with our own (E4P5). Therefore (E4P3) it can overcome a person's power, etc. Q.E.D.

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Propositions

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