Averroes · thesis 7.39

Thesis 7.39

Latin

Essentia cuiuslibet intelligentiae est substantialiter ad aliquid.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13498

English

The essence of any intelligence stands, substantially, in relation to something else.

'ad aliquid' is the Aristotelian category of relation; cf. farmer1998:13516 note on 'relations'.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13533; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 3>19 Vnumquodque in natura intellectuali habet a sua intelligibili unitate et quod quodlibet sibi uniat, et quod immaculatam ac inpermixtam sibi
• 4.16 Relatio creaturae ad deum est idem realiter fundamento, distincta formaliter et ex natura rei.