Paradoxical, new doctrines · thesis 3>50

Thesis 3>50

Latin

Sola materia sufficit ad id saluandum, cuius gratia Aristoteles et alii philosophi priuationem inter principia naturalia posuerunt. Correlarium: Priuatio non est ponenda inter principia naturalia.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 21071

English

Matter by itself is enough to account for whatever Aristotle and other philosophers meant to secure by positing privation among the natural principles. Corollary: privation should not be counted among the natural principles.

Sense checked; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T06b; sense checked against farmer1998:21128; awaiting human check

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