E5P40D

Demonstration — Part V

Latin

Quo unaquæque res perfectior est, eo plus habet realitatis (per definitionem 6 partis II) et consequenter (per propositionem 3 partis III cum ejus scholio) eo magis agit et minus patitur; quæ quidem demonstratio inverso ordine eodem modo procedit, ex quo sequitur ut res contra eo sit perfectior quo magis agit. Q.E.D.

English (Elwes 1883)

In proportion as each thing is more perfect, it possesses more of reality (II. Def. vi.), and, consequently (III. iii. and note), it is to that extent more active and less passive. This demonstration may be reversed, and thus prove that, in proportion as a thing is more active, so is it more perfect. Q.E.D.

Modern English

The more perfect a thing is, the more reality it has (E2D6), and consequently (E3P3S) the more it acts and the less it suffers. This demonstration can be reversed in the same way, which shows that the more a thing acts, the more perfect it is. Q.E.D.

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