Theophrastus · thesis 15.2

Thesis 15.2

Latin

Quiditas est sola forma.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14371

English

The quiddity of a thing is form, and nothing besides.

Sense checked against farmer1998:14428; 'quiditas' kept as the scholastic technical term (the 'whatness' of a thing) rather than modernized to 'essence'.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:14428; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Theophrastus (section 15 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 7.7 Deus primum mobile non solum ut finis, sed ut uerum efliciens et proprius motor mouet.