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Averroes · thesis 7.18

Thesis 7.18

Latin

Nulla est uia ad probandum simpliciter abstractum esse, praeter uiam aeternitatis motus.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13165

English

There is no way to prove absolutely that an abstract substance exists, except by the way of the eternity of motion.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13223; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Averroes (section 7 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

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