Moses of Egypt · thesis 12.1

Thesis 12.1

Latin

Demonstratio octaui Physicorum, a Aristotele ad probandum primum motorem adducta, aliquid probat speciale primo.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14139

English

What the eighth book of the Physics demonstrates, when Aristotle brings it forward to prove a first mover, in fact proves something more limited first.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:14179; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Moses of Egypt (section 12 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 2.37 Grauia et leuia a nullo alio motore mouentur quam uel a generante uel a remouente prohibens.