al-Farabi · thesis 9.8

Thesis 9.8

Latin

Non potest intelligi accidens, etiam in abstracto, non intelligendo subiectum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 13885; 1486 print folio <5v/6r>

English

An accident cannot be grasped, even in the abstract, unless its subject is grasped as well.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:13929; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to al-Farabi (section 9 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 1.7 Sonus fertur secundum esse reale usque ad principium nerui auditiui.
• 9.9 Species sunt in medio, medio modo inter esse spirituale et materiale.