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Proposition — Part IV

Latin

Cognitio boni et mali nihil aliud est quam lætitiæ vel tristitiæ affectus quatenus ejus sumus conscii.

English (Elwes 1883)

The knowledge of good and evil is nothing else but the emotions of pleasure or pain, in so far as we are conscious thereof.

Modern English

Knowledge of good and bad is nothing other than the affect of joy or sadness insofar as we are conscious of it.

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