Plato · thesis 5>4

Thesis 5>4

Latin

Qui sciuerit rationem causae praesupponere rationem perfecti, intelliget iuxta Platonicam doctrinam quare dixerit Pherecides non prius Iouem mundum fabricasse quam in amorem fuerit transformatus.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22224; 1486 print folio <22v/23r>

English

Whoever knows that the concept of a cause presupposes the concept of what is complete will understand, according to Plato's teaching, why Pherecydes said that Jove did not fashion the world until he had been transformed into love.

Sense checked against farmer1998:22288; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:22288; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 5>, conclusions on the doctrine of Plato) · Pico's stance: endorses