Præter lætitiam et cupiditatem quæ passiones sunt, alii lætitiæ et cupiditatis affectus dantur qui ad nos quatenus agimus, referuntur.
Beyond joy and desire which are passions, other affects of joy and desire exist which refer to us insofar as we act.
DEMONSTRATIO: Cum mens se ipsam suamque agendi potentiam concipit, lætatur (per propositionem 53 hujus) : mens autem se ipsam necessario contemplatur quando veram sive adæquatam ideam concipit (per propositionem 43 partis II). At mens quasdam ideas adæquatas concipit (per scholium II propositionis 40 partis II) : ergo eatenus etiam lætatur quatenus ideas adæquatas concipit hoc est (per propositionem 1 hujus) quatenus agit. Deinde mens tam quatenus claras et distinctas quam quatenus confusas habet ideas, in suo esse perseverare conatur (per propositionem 9 hujus) : at per conatum cupiditatem intelligimus (per ejusdem scholium); ergo cupiditas ad nos refertur etiam quatenus intelligimus sive (per propositionem 1 hujus) quatenus agimus. Q.E.D.
When the mind conceives itself and its potential power for acting, it rejoices (by IIIP53): yet, the mind contemplates itself by necessity when it conceives a true or adequate idea (by IIP43). But the mind conceives certain adequate ideas (by IIP40S2): therefore insofar as it rejoices in as much as it conceives adequate ideas, that is (by IIIP1) in as much as it acts. Finally, the mind has insofar as they are clear and distinct rather than confused, seeks to persevere to be in itself (by IIIP9): but we understand by conatus desire (by IIIP9S); therefore desire refers to us insofar we understand or (by IIIP1) insofar as we act.
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