Scotus · thesis 4.8

Thesis 4.8

Latin

Ens de suis passionibus et ultimis differentiis quiditatiue non praedicatur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 12243

English

Being is not predicated quidditatively of its own attributes and ultimate differences.

Reflects the transcendental, wholly undetermined character Scotus assigned to the concept of being (Farmer's note, farmer1998:12275). Sense checked against farmer1998:12304.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:12304; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Scotus (section 4 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: 3 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 1>14 In materia de obiecto intellectus non discordat, ut creditur, sed concordat Thommas et Scotus.
• 2.42 Quiditates in particulari a methaphysico non considerantur.
• 2>5 Singulare non intelligitur ab intellectu, nec secundum ueritatem, nec secundum etiam opinionem Aristotelis, Commentatoris, et Thommae.
• 3.4 Ens denominatiue dicitur de deo.
• 3.8 Esse non est de quiditate dei, sed dicitur de eo in secundo modo.
• 4.7 Ens dicitur de deo et creatura uniuoce in quid.