Paradoxical, new doctrines · thesis 3>12

Thesis 3>12

Latin

Sicut angelus necessario componitur ex essentia et esse, ita anima necessario componitur ex substantia et accidente.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 20441

English

An angel's composition is, of necessity, out of essence and existence; the soul's composition, equally of necessity, is out of substance and accident.

'substantia'/'accidens' here denote the soul's intellectual and rational parts respectively, on Pico's usage elsewhere (cf. 3>59, 3>61); sense checked.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T06b; sense checked against farmer1998:20496; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 3>, paradoxical conclusions introducing new doctrines) · Pico's stance: endorses

Farmer's cross-references

• 3>59 Vbicunque datur aliqua natura composita ex pluribus naturis actu in ea remanentibus, semper in ea nobilior est substantialiter, aliae accide
• 3>61 Tota substantia animae rationalis est pars intellectualis.
• 4>1 Qui dixerit accidens existere non posse nisi inexistat, Eucharistiae poterit sacramentum tenere etiam tenendo panis substantiam non remanere