Henry of Ghent · thesis 5.5

Thesis 5.5

Latin

Demones et animae peccatrices patiuntur ab igne, in quantum calidus est, afflictione eiusdem rationis cum ea qua affliguntur corpora.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 12495

English

Demons and sinful souls are afflicted by fire, insofar as it is hot, in the same way and to the same degree that bodies are afflicted by it.

Comments on Peter Lombard's Sentences, on the metaphysical correspondence between physical and spiritual operations (Farmer's note, farmer1998:12530). Sense checked against farmer1998:12561.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:12561; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Henry of Ghent (section 5 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).