Proclus · thesis 24.28

Thesis 24.28

Latin

Sub secundo ducalis trinitatis est uita et generatio, omnis anima sub generationem ueniens, erraticae spherae, aqua et infima aeris pars, quae sub antra minerae et terremotus, media pars terrae et circa centrum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 16380

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 generatio. Omnis

English

Beneath the second member of the leaders' trinity lie life and coming-to-be, each soul that enters into generation, the wandering spheres, water and the nethermost part of the air, what lies under caverns, mines and earthquakes, the central part of the earth, and the region about its centre.

Crux: 'quae sub antra minerae et terremotus' is grammatically odd (sub with the accusative 'antra'; 'minerae' as a nominative singular or genitive). Read as a list, 'the things beneath caves, mines and earthquakes'; not established that this is Pico's intended construction (farmer1998:16380-16381; 1486 apparatus farmer1998:16400). 'erraticae spherae' rendered 'wandering spheres' (the planets, not stated in the Latin). Sense checked against farmer1998:16433.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-27 by TRANSLATOR-T03b-1; sense checked against farmer1998:16433; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 24.27 Sub primo ducalis trinitatis est esse substantiale, omnis anima nobilis generationi non subdita, primum mobile, ignis et suprema aeris pars,
• 3>5 Quanto unusquisque modus cognitionis est eminentior, tanto in intellectu disproportionato imperfectior euadit et illi inutilior.