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Mercury Trismegistus · thesis 27.9

Thesis 27.9

Latin

Decem intra unumquemque sunt ultores: ignorantia, tristitia, inconstantia, cupiditas, iniustitia, luxuries, inuidia, fraus, ira, malitia.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 17358

Apparatus (Farmer): colon retained from 1486 edition | 1486 luxuries: deceptio: ... ira: temeritas: | Emendationes errorum, dele dictiones deceptio: temeritas: quas superflue ponuntur | 1487 text emended sic

Colon retained from the 1486 edition; 1486 reads 'luxuries: deceptio: ... ira: temeritas:', which the Emendationes errorum direct be deleted as superfluous, and the 1487 text is emended accordingly (farmer1998:17370).

English

Within each person there are ten avengers: ignorance, sorrow, inconstancy, desire, injustice, excess, envy, deceit, anger, malice.

Sense checked against farmer1998:17394.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T04b; sense checked against farmer1998:17394; awaiting human check

Attribution: reported according to the ancient doctrine of Mercury Trismegistus (section 27 of the historical theses) · Pico's stance: reports