Philosophical, against the common view · thesis 2>19

Thesis 2>19

Latin

Qui negat coelum esse animatum, ita ut motor eius non sit forma eius, non solum Aristoteli repugnat, sed totius philosophiae fundamenta destruit. u

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 19102

English

Whoever denies that the heaven is animate, in such a way that its mover is not its form, not only contradicts Aristotle but overturns the foundations of the whole of philosophy.

Sense checked; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-25 by TRANSLATOR-T05; sense checked against farmer1998:19164; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 2>, philosophical conclusions dissenting from the common philosophy) · Pico's stance: endorses

Farmer's cross-references

• 15.1 Si coelum inanimatum esset, esset quocunque animato corpore ignobilius, quod dicere impium est in philosophia.
• 2>20 In actibus nostri intellectus non est successio ratione potentiarum sensitiuarum et deseruientium, ut credunt moderni, sed eo: quia rational
• 2>36 Demonstratio Aristotelis in .vii. Physicorum, quod omne quod mouetur mouetur ab alio, nihil probat eorum quae uel Thommas, uel Scotus, uel E
• 2>37 Demonstratio .vii. Physicorum probat euidenter quod coelum non mouetur a se, datis principiis Auenrois ueris utique et firmissimis.
• 5>37 Tempus essentialiter est in incorporeis, participatiue in corporeis.
• 7.7 Deus primum mobile non solum ut finis, sed ut uerum efliciens et proprius motor mouet.