Thomas Aquinas · thesis 2.31

Thesis 2.31

Latin

Essentia et existentia in quolibet creato realiter distinguuntur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 11760

English

In every created thing, essence and existence are distinguished really, not merely in thought.

Sense checked against farmer1998:11790; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:11790; 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).