E5P17D
Demonstration — Part V
Latin
Ideæ omnes quatenus ad Deum referuntur, veræ sunt (per propositionem 32 partis II) hoc est (per definitionem 4 partis II) adæquatæ atque adeo (per affectuum generalem definitionem) Deus expers est passionum. Deinde Deus neque ad majorem neque ad minorem perfectionem transire potest (per II corollarium propositionis 20 partis I) adeoque (per 2 et 3 affectuum definitiones) nullo lætitiæ neque tristitiæ affectu afficitur. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
All ideas, in so far as they are referred to God, are true (II. xxxii.), that is (II. Def. iv.) adequate; and therefore (by the general Def. of the Emotions) God is without passions. Again, God cannot pass either to a greater or to a lesser perfection (I. xx. Coroll. ii.); therefore (by Def. of the Emotions, ii. iii.) he is not affected by any emotion of pleasure or pain.