Iamblichus · thesis 23.3

Thesis 23.3

Latin

Corporalis natura est in intellectu immobiliter, in animo ex se primo mobiliter, in animali ex se mobiliter participatiue, in coelo aliunde ordinate mobiliter, infra lunam aliunde mobiliter inordinate.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 15646

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 aliunde ordinate: | Emendationes errorum, corrige: aliunde ordinate mobiliter |

English

Corporeal nature exists in the intellect immovably; in the first soul, movably through itself; in the animal soul, movably through itself and by participation; in the heavens, movably through another and in an ordered way; below the moon, movably through another and in a disordered way.

Sense checked against farmer1998:15726; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:15726; awaiting human check

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