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Proposition — Part V

Latin

Affectus erga rem quam simpliciter et non ut necessariam neque ut possibilem neque ut contingentem imaginamur, cæteris paribus omnium est maximus.

English (Elwes 1883)

An emotion towards a thing, which we conceive simply, and not as necessary, or as contingent, or as possible, is, other conditions being equal, greater than any other emotion.

Modern English

An affect toward a thing we conceive simply, not as necessary, not as possible, not as contingent, is, all else being equal, the greatest of all affects.