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1 Whatsoever the mind conceives under the guidance of 2 reason, it conceives under the form of eternity or necessity (II. 3 xliv. Coroll. ii.), and is therefore affected with the same 4 certitude (II. xliii. and note). Wherefore, whether the thing be 5 present, past, or future, the mind conceives it under the same 6 necessity and is affected with the same certitude; and whether 7 the idea be of something present, past, or future, it will in all 8 cases be equally true (II. xli.); that is, it will always 9 possess the same properties of an adequate idea (II. Def. iv.); 10 therefore, in so far as the mind conceives things under the 11 dictates of reason, it is affected in the same manner, whether 12 the idea be of a thing future, past, or present. Q.E.D. 13 14