Porphyry · thesis 22.11

Thesis 22.11

Latin

Plato in principio tractatus Timei de extremis tantum determinat, id est de eo quod uere est nullo modo genitum, et de eo quod uere genitum nullo modo ens. De mediis nihil, quorum alterum ens et genitum, alterum genitum et ens.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15560

English

At the start of the Timaeus, Plato determines only the extremes — that which truly is and is in no way generated, and that which is truly generated and in no way is. Of the middle things he says nothing, of which the one is being and generated, the other generated and being.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15597; Farmer's note at farmer1998:15614 identifies 'the extremes' as God and prime matter for Pico, and 'middle things' as the intellectual and rational natures.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15597; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Porphyry (section 22 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 11>29 Quod dicitur a Cabalistis, quod linea uiridis gyrat uniuersum, conuenientissime dicitur ad conclusionem quam ultimam diximus ex mente Porphy
• 27.3 Anima in corpore, mens in anima, in mente uerbum, tum horum pater deus.
• 3>8 Si theologia theologice tradatur, erit ut de primo subiecto de eo quod est unialiter unum, et de quolibet quod est secundum suum esse uniale
• 5>15 Per extremorum et medii rationem cognoscere possumus conuenienter uniuersi gradus sic in quinque posse diuidi: In super ens, uere ens, non u
• 6>8 Per ultimam propositionem Abucaten possumus intelligere quid sibi uelit illa diuisio quam fecit Plato in principio tractatus Timei, et possu