Moses of Egypt · thesis 12.3

Thesis 12.3

Latin

Simplicitas primi et omnimoda immaterialitas probari non potest per causalitatem efficientem motus, sed per finalem tantum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14146

English

Only the final causality of motion, not its efficient causality, can prove the simplicity and complete immateriality of the first.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T02b; sense checked against farmer1998:14186; awaiting human check

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