xli.), namely (I.Ax.

vi.), as they are in themselves--that is (I.xxix.), not as contingent, but as necessary.

Q.E.D.
Corollary I .-- Hence it follows, that it is only through our imagination that we consider things, whether in respect to the future or the past, as contingent.
Note .-- How this way of looking at things arises, I will briefly explain.

We have shown above (II.xvii.and Coroll.) that the mind always regards things as present to itself, even though they be not in existence, until some causes arise which exclude their existence and presence.

Further (II.