Adeland the Arab · thesis 21.7

Thesis 21.7

Latin

Anima est fons motus et gubernatrix materiae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15363

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 guberrnatrix

1486 reads 'guberrnatrix' for 'gubernatrix' (farmer1998:15372).

English

The soul is the source of motion and the governess of matter.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15410; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15410; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Adeland the Arab (section 21 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 2.37 Grauia et leuia a nullo alio motore mouentur quam uel a generante uel a remouente prohibens.
• 2.38 Grauia potius seipsis, quam a seipsis mouentur.
• 20.4 Anima quae peccauit uel in terreno uel in aereo corpore post mortem bruti uitam uiuit.
• 3>4 Solus ille qui attingit rem in precisione suae unionis_attingit rem ut est ipsa.
• 7.7 Deus primum mobile non solum ut finis, sed ut uerum efliciens et proprius motor mouet.