1p15d.md (456B)
1 Besides God, no substance is granted or can be 2 conceived (by Prop. xiv.), that is (by Def. iii.) nothing which 3 is in itself and is conceived through itself. But modes (by Def. 4 v.) can neither be, nor be conceived without substance; 5 wherefore they can only be in the divine nature, and can only 6 through it be conceived. But substances and modes form the sum 7 total of existence (by Ax. i.), therefore, without God nothing 8 can be, or be conceived. Q.E.D. 9 10