Plotinus · thesis 20.12

Thesis 20.12

Latin

Improprie dicitur quod intellectus ideas inspiciat uel intueatur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15205

English

It is said improperly that the intellect inspects or gazes upon the Ideas.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15241; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15241; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 5>29 Non est credendum in doctrina Platonis animam quicquam intelligere per inspectionem ad ideas, nisi cum peruenit ad illum statum qui est supr
• 5>30 Modus cognoscendi per ideas est ille cuius dixit Plato in Timeo paucos homines esse participes, sed bene deos omnes.