E5P35D

Demonstration — Part V

Latin

Deus est absolute infinitus (per definitionem 6 partis I) hoc est (per definitionem 6 partis II) Dei natura gaudet infinita perfectione idque (per propositionem 3 partis II) concomitante idea sui hoc est (per propositionem 11 et definitionem 1 partis I) idea suæ causæ et hoc est quod in corollario propositionis 32 hujus amorem intellectualem esse diximus.

English (Elwes 1883)

God is absolutely infinite (I. Def. vi.), that is (II. Def. vi.), the nature of God rejoices in infinite perfection; and such rejoicing is (II. iii.) accompanied by the idea of himself, that is (I. xi. and Def. i.), the idea of his own cause: now this is what we have (in V. xxxii. Coroll.) described as intellectual love.

Modern English

God is absolutely infinite (E1D6), that is (E2D6), the nature of God rejoices in infinite perfection, and this rejoicing is accompanied (E2P3) by the idea of itself, that is (E1P11), by the idea of its own cause. This is what we called intellectual love in the corollary of E5P32 (E5P32C).

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