Henry of Ghent · thesis 5.7

Thesis 5.7

Latin

Angeli intelligunt per habitum scientialem sibi connaturalem.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 12502

English

Angels understand by means of a habit of knowledge that is connatural to them.

'habitus connaturalis': a habit created together with a nature but not part of its formal definition (Farmer's note, farmer1998:12580). Sense checked against farmer1998:12568.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T01b; sense checked against farmer1998:12568; 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: 3 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 18.7 Sicut primus intellectus inter omnes intellectus primo se intelligit, alia secundario, ita ultimus intellectus inter omnes intellectus primo
• 2.34 Nulla uirtus moralis praeter iustitiam est subiectiue in uoluntate.
• 25.9 Irascibilis ad concupiscentiam habet proportionem diapente.
• 4.10 In appetitu superiore ponendae sunt uirtutes.
• 5>41 Licet natura intellectualis simul omnia intelligat, non tamen hoc est per uirtualem et unitiuam continentiam, sed per mutuam penetrationem f
• 6.7 Superior angelus illuminat inferioremnon quia ei uel obiectum presentet luminosum, uel quod in se est unitum illi particulariset et diuidat,
• 7.17 Quaelibet intelligentia praeter primam non intelligit nisi primam.
• 7a>28 Quae sit differentia inter modum intelligendi angelorumet animarum rationalium.
• 7a>29 Quae sit differentia inter modum intelligendi dei et angelorum.
• 7a>70 Vtrum distinguatur irascibilis a concupiscibili.