Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones (1486) SectionsThe thirteen condemnedScholarshipMethod

Francis of Meyronnes · thesis 3.5

Thesis 3.5

Latin

Quiditates habent ab aeterno suum esse formale a se, non ab extrinseco.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 11987

English

From eternity, quiddities have their formal being of themselves, not from any external source.

'quiddities' here refers to the ideas in the mind of God (Farmer's note, farmer1998:12056). Sense checked against farmer1998:12042.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:12042; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Francis of Meyronnes (section 3 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Discussed in

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

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