Philosophical, against the common view · thesis 2>44

Thesis 2>44

Latin

Si intelligentias esse in genere secundum Aristotelem dixerit Thommas, non minus sibi quam Aristoteli repugnabit.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 19559

English

Should Thomas claim, following Aristotle, that the intelligences fall under a genus, he would clash with his own position just as much as with Aristotle's.

Sense checked; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-25 by TRANSLATOR-T05, reworded 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-FIX; sense checked against farmer1998:19614; 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

• 2.21 Non est sub eadem specie angelorum plurificatio.
• 2>2 Intentio secunda est ens rationis, habens se per modum formae qualitatiue, ab operatione intellectus proueniens consequutive, non effectiue.
• 2>3 Nec prima intentio nec secunda intentio alicubi sunt subiectiue.
• 2>45 Si unitas generis non est solum ex parte concipientis, sed etiam ex parte concepti, necesse est quaecunque sunt in eodem genere logico esse
• 3>2 Non possumus dicere quod de re precisissime sumpta aliquid praedicetur praedicatione proprie dicta.