Ammonius · thesis 16.3

Thesis 16.3

Latin

Cum dicit Aristoteles quod oportet prima principia semper permanere, nihil aliud intendit nisi quod in qualibet transmutatione reperiuntur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14482

English

When Aristotle says that the first principles must always persist, he means nothing more than what is found present in every change.

Sense checked against farmer1998:14517; Farmer's note (farmer1998:14528) glosses 'what is found in every transmutation' as prime matter.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:14517; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Ammonius (section 16 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 1.7 Sonus fertur secundum esse reale usque ad principium nerui auditiui.
• 3>50 Sola materia sufficit ad id saluandum, cuius gratia Aristoteles et alii philosophi priuationem inter principia naturalia posuerunt.
• 3>51 Tria sunt principia rerum naturalium: materia, motus, et forma.