Avicenna · thesis 8.6

Thesis 8.6

Latin

Essentia rei materiam propriam et formam complectitur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13584

Sheet's underscore in 'rei_materiam' normalized to a space.

English

A thing's essence embraces both its own matter and its form.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13640; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Avicenna (section 8 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 2.33 Materia nullum dicit actum entitatiuum positiuum.
• 7.21 Diffinitiones substantiarum naturalium, materiam non dicunt nisi consecutiue.