Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones (1486) SectionsThe thirteen condemnedScholarshipMethod

Proclus · thesis 24.23

Thesis 24.23

Latin

Iupiter de quo in Gorgia, non est ille qui est uniuersalis conditor, tertius inter intellectuales, sed summus et primus inter ducales.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 16284

English

The Jupiter of whom the Gorgias speaks is not the universal founder, third among the intellectuals, but the highest and first among the leaders.

'conditor' rendered 'founder' (the maker of the world; Farmer's note equates it with the demiurge, farmer1998:16356). 'ducales' rendered 'leaders' as in 24.22. Sense checked against farmer1998:16339.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-27 by TRANSLATOR-T03b-1; sense checked against farmer1998:16339; awaiting human check

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

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