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E5P32D

Demonstration — Part V

Latin

Ex hoc cognitionis genere summa quæ dari potest mentis acquiescentia (per propositionem 27 hujus) hoc est (per 25 affectuum definitionem) lætitia oritur eaque concomitante idea sui et consequenter (per propositionem 30 hujus) concomitante etiam idea Dei tanquam causa. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

From this kind of knowledge arises the highest possible mental acquiescence, that is (Def of the Emotions, xxv.), pleasure, and this acquiescence is accompanied by the idea of the mind itself (V. xxvii.), and consequently (V. xxx.) the idea also of God as cause. Q.E.D.

Modern English

From this kind of knowledge arises the highest possible mental acquiescence (E5P27), that is, joy (E3DA25), and this acquiescence is accompanied by the idea of the mind itself (E5P27) and, consequently (E5P30), by the idea of God as cause as well. Q.E.D.

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