1p31d.md (572B)
1 By the intellect we do not (obviously) mean absolute 2 thought, but only a certain mode of thinking, differing from 3 other modes, such as love, desire, &c., and therefore (Def. v.) 4 requiring to be conceived through absolute thought. It must (by 5 Prop. xv. and Def. vi.), through some attribute of God which 6 expresses the eternal and infinite essence of thought, be so 7 conceived, that without such attribute it could neither be nor be 8 conceived. It must therefore be referred to nature passive 9 rather than to nature active, as must also the other modes of 10 thinking. Q.E.D. 11 12