Proclus · thesis 24.12

Thesis 24.12

Latin

Inter extremales paternos deos, Saturnum et Iouem, mediat necessario Rhea per proprietatem uitae foecundae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 16069

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 proprieratem

Source prints 'Saturnumet' without a word space; corrected to 'Saturnum et' (farmer1998:16069). 1486 also reads 'proprieratem' for 'proprietatem' (farmer1998:16085).

English

Rhea, by necessity, stands as mediator between Saturn and Jove, the paternal gods at the two extremes, in virtue of her property of fruitful life.

Sense checked against farmer1998:16124; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T03b; sense checked against farmer1998:16124; awaiting human check; re-rendered 2026-09-27 by TRANSLATOR-FIX (D-13)

Attribution: reported according to Proclus (section 24 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports

Farmer's cross-references

• 24.13 Secunda trinitas ebdomadis intellectualisest trinitas curetum, quos uocat theologia intemeratos deos.