Simplicius · thesis 17.5

Thesis 17.5

Latin

Eadem pars rationalis, ut extra se uadens et procedens perficitur speciebus quae in ipsa sunt, ut manens est dicitur intellectus in habitu.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14562

English

The same rational part, insofar as it goes out and proceeds beyond itself and is perfected by the forms that are within it, is called, insofar as it abides, the intellect in habit.

Sense checked against farmer1998:14619; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:14619; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 17.3 Cum anima in se perfecte redit, tunc intellectus agens ab intelle/ctu possibili liberatur.
• 17.4 Eadem pars rationalis, ut seipsam exiens, dicitur intellectus possibilis; ut vero est talis ut se ipsam ut possibilis est possit perficere,
• 7.3 Foelicitas ultima hominis est cum continuatur intellectus agens possibili_ut forma; quam continuationem et latini alii quos legi et maxime I