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Iamblichus · thesis 23.1

Thesis 23.1

Latin

Intellectus speculatiuus est forma separata quantum ad rem et ad modum; practicus separata quantum ad rem, coniuncta quantum ad modum; anima rationalis coniuncta secundum rem, separata secundum modum; inrationalis coniuncta secundum rem et secundum modum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15637

Apparatus (Farmer): 1487 rationalıs coniuncta secundum rem et secundum modum

1487 reads 'rationalıs coniuncta secundum rem et secundum modum', where the sense requires 'separata secundum modum' for the rational soul, kept here per the reading followed at farmer1998:15678. Underscores in the source ('separata_quantum', 'coniuncta_quantum') are OCR artifacts for a plain word space.

English

The speculative intellect is a form separate both in substance and in mode [of operation]; the practical intellect is separate in substance, but joined in mode; the rational soul is joined in substance, but separate in mode; the irrational soul is joined both in substance and in mode.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15678; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15678; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to Iamblichus (section 23 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports