The forty sections
402 theses according to the opinions of others, then 498 according to Pico's own opinion (Farmer's numbering).
| section | theses | verified | draft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Albert the Great | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 Thomas Aquinas | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 3 Francis of Meyronnes | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 Scotus | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 5 Henry of Ghent | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 Giles of Rome | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 Averroes | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| 8 Avicenna | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 al-Farabi | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 Isaac of Narbonne | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 Abumaron | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 Moses of Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 Mohammed of Toledo | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 Avempace | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 Theophrastus | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 Ammonius | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 Simplicius | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 Alexander of Aphrodisias | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 Themistius | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 Plotinus | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 Adeland the Arab | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 Porphyry | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 23 Iamblichus | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 24 Proclus | 55 | 55 | 0 |
| 25 Pythagorean mathematics | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 26 Chaldean theologians | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 Mercury Trismegistus | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 Hebrew Cabalists | 47 | 47 | 0 |
| 1> Paradoxical reconciliations | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2> Philosophical, against the common view | 80 | 80 | 0 |
| 3> Paradoxical, new doctrines | 71 | 71 | 0 |
| 4> Theological, against the common mode | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 5> Plato | 62 | 62 | 0 |
| 6> Book of Causes | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 7> Mathematics | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 7a> Questions to be answered by numbers | 74 | 74 | 0 |
| 8> Zoroaster and Chaldeans | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 9> Magic | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 10> Orphic Hymns | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 11> Cabalistic, confirming the Christian religion | 72 | 72 | 0 |