Paradoxical, new doctrines · thesis 3>51

Thesis 3>51

Latin

Tria sunt principia rerum naturalium: materia, motus, et forma.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 21078

Apparatus (Farmer): colon retained from 1486 edition

The colon after 'naturalium' is retained from the 1486 edition.

English

Matter, motion, and form: these three make up the principles of natural things.

Sense checked; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T06b; sense checked against farmer1998:21135; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 16.3 Cum dicit Aristoteles quod oportet prima principia semper permanere, nihil aliud intendit nisi quod in qualibet transmutatione reperiuntur.
• 3>52 Eadem est scientia de deo, homine, et materia prima, et qui de uno scientiam habuerit, habebit et de reliquis, seruata proportione extremi a