Plotinus · thesis 20.10

Thesis 20.10

Latin

In ratione similitudines rerum sunt et species, in intellectu uere ipsa entia.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15116

English

In reason there are the likenesses and images of things, but in the intellect there are the things themselves, in their true being.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15170; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15170; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Plotinus (section 20 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 20.12 Improprie dicitur quod intellectus ideas inspiciat uel intueatur.
• 21.1 Intellectus agens nihil est aliud quam pars animae quae sursum manet et non cadit.
• 23.6 Cum excellenter ad intellectum assimilatur anima, fit in uehiculo motus perfecte circularis.