Averroes · thesis 7.23

Thesis 7.23

Latin

Nulla potentia actiua quae sit mere neutra et indifferens ad agere uel non agere potest ex se determinari ad alterum agendum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13270

English

A power that is purely neutral and indifferent between acting and not acting cannot, on its own, settle itself toward one alternative rather than the other.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13300; awaiting human check

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