Alexander of Aphrodisias · thesis 18.2

Thesis 18.2

Latin

Cuilibet coelo praeter animam quae mouet eum efficienter, propria assistit intelligentia, quae illum mouet ut finis, ab anima tali secundum substantiam omnino distincta.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 14719

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 preter | substrantiam

1486 reads 'preter' and 'substrantiam' for 'praeter' and 'substantiam' (farmer1998:14743).

English

Besides the soul that moves it as an efficient cause, each heaven is attended by its own intelligence, which moves it as its end, and which is wholly distinct in substance from that soul.

Sense checked against farmer1998:14778; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:14778; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Alexander of Aphrodisias (section 18 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports