Thomas Aquinas · thesis 2.4

Thesis 2.4

Latin

Contingentia ad utrumlibet futurorum cognitorum a deo simul stat cum infallibilitate diuinae scientiae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 11318

English

The two-sided contingency of future events known to God is compatible with the infallibility of divine science.

'ad utrumlibet' names contingency toward either of two outcomes. Sense checked against farmer1998:11370.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:11370; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Thomas Aquinas (section 2 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Discussed in

• Amos Edelheit, A Philosopher at the Crossroads: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Scholastic Philosophy (2022)

Mention records in the corpus: 2 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 2.2 Processus spiritus sancti temporalis attenditur secundum dona gratiae gratum facientia.
• 4.1 Charitas non est distinctus habitus ab habitu gratiae, quo mediante spiritus sanctus animam inhabitat.
• 4.11 Gratia est subiectiue in uoluntate, non in essentia animae.
• 4.13 De potentia dei absoluta possibile est culpam originalem deleri sine infusione gratiae.