Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones (1486) SectionsThe thirteen condemnedScholarshipMethod

Paradoxical, new doctrines · thesis 3>24

Thesis 3>24

Latin

Non potest dici quod in intellectu ideae, uerbi gratia, ignis, aquae, et aeris sint tres ideae, sed oportet dicere quod sunt ternarius.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 20639

English

One cannot say that, in the intellect, the ideas of (say) fire, water, and air are three separate ideas; one must instead say that they form a single threefold unity.

'ternarius' = a formal triad, not a set of three discrete individuals (cf. 3>26); sense checked.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T06b; sense checked against farmer1998:20701; awaiting human check

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

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