Paradoxical, new doctrines · thesis 3>48

Thesis 3>48

Latin

Praeter tria demonstrationis genera, quia, propter quid, et simpliciter, quae ponunt Aristoteles et commentator, datur quartum genus demonstrationis quae dici potest demonstratio conuertibilitatis, fortius omnibus praedictis.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 20984

English

Beyond the three kinds of demonstration that Aristotle and the Commentator posit — of the fact, of the reasoned fact, and unqualified demonstration — there exists a fourth kind, strongest of them all, which may be called demonstration by convertibility.

'commentator' = Averroes; the three named kinds correspond to the standard Posterior Analytics distinction (quia / propter quid / simpliciter); sense checked.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T06b; sense checked against farmer1998:21040; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 7.10 Tres modi per se sunt ad demonstrationem utiles: primus, secundus et quartus.