Here Spinoza ties together the notions of positivity as a structural form of truth in the attribute of thought that forms a relationship to existence in the attribute of extension. Just as existence precludes non-existence within God, so too positivity precludes falsehood within God.
Nihil in ideis positivum est propter quod falsæ dicuntur.
Nothing is positive in ideas on account of which they are deemed false.
DEMONSTRATIO: Si negas, concipe si fieri potest, modum positivum cogitandi qui formam erroris sive falsitatis constituat. Hic cogitandi modus non potest esse in Deo (per propositionem præcedentem); extra Deum autem etiam nec esse nec concipi potest (per propositionem 15 partis I). Atque adeo nihil potest dari positivum in ideis propter quod falsæ dicuntur. Q.E.D.
If you deny this, conceive if it is possible, a positive mode of understanding which constitutes the form of error or falsity. This mode of understanding is not possible in God (by IIP32); moreover, beyond God it is even unable to be or be conceived (IP15). And so nothing is able to be positive in ideas on account of which they are deemed false.
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