E5P30D
Demonstration — Part V
Latin
æternitas est ipsa Dei essentia quatenus hæc necessariam involvit existentiam (per definitionem 8 partis I). Res igitur sub specie æternitatis concipere est res concipere quatenus per Dei essentiam ut entia realia concipiuntur sive quatenus per Dei essentiam involvunt existentiam adeoque mens nostra quatenus se et corpus sub specie æternitatis concipit eatenus Dei cognitionem necessario habet scitque etc. Q.E.D.
English (Elwes 1883)
Eternity is the very essence of God, in so far as this involves necessary existence (I. Def. viii.). Therefore to conceive things under the form of eternity, is to conceive things in so far as they are conceived through the essence of God as real entities, or in so far as they involve existence through the essence of God; wherefore our mind, in so far as it conceives itself and the body under the form of eternity, has to that extent necessarily a knowledge of God, and knows, &c. Q.E.D.
Modern English
Eternity is the very essence of God insofar as that essence involves necessary existence (E1D8). To conceive things *sub specie aeternitatis* is therefore to conceive things insofar as they are conceived through God's essence as real beings, or insofar as through God's essence they involve existence. Our mind, insofar as it conceives itself and the body *sub specie aeternitatis*, therefore necessarily has knowledge of God and knows, etc. Q.E.D.