Philosophical, against the common view · thesis 2>60

Thesis 2>60

Latin

Si qua est ponenda figura quarta syllogismorum, illa est ponenda quam Galienus ponit, non quam et Franciscus Maironis et Petrus Mantuanus pueriliter confinxerunt; rectius est tamen nullam ponere.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 19873

English

If any fourth figure of the syllogism is to be posited, it should be the one Galen posits, not the one childishly invented by Francis of Meyronnes and Peter of Mantua; it is nonetheless more correct to posit none at all.

Sense checked; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-25 by TRANSLATOR-T05; sense checked against farmer1998:19927; awaiting human check

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