Simplicius · thesis 17.4

Thesis 17.4

Latin

Eadem pars rationalis, ut seipsam exiens, dicitur intellectus possibilis; ut vero est talis ut se ipsam ut possibilis est possit perficere, dicitur intellectus agens.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14557

English

The same rational part, insofar as it goes forth from itself, is called the possible intellect; but insofar as it is of such a kind that it can bring itself, as possible, to perfection, it is called the agent intellect.

Sense checked against farmer1998:14614; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:14614; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Simplicius (section 17 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Discussed in

• Amos Edelheit, A Philosopher at the Crossroads: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Encounter with Scholastic Philosophy (2022)

Mention records in the corpus: 2 (deterministic harvest; see Method).