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Plato · thesis 5>17

Thesis 5>17

Latin

Si Syriani doctrinam sequamur, conueniens est post unitatem totalis intellectionis, quae et trifariam diuiditur in substantialem, potentialem, et operatiuam, ponere trinarium intellectionis, partialis scilicet, participatae, et imaginariae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22446

English

If we follow the doctrine of Syrianus, it is fitting, after the unity of total intellection—which is itself divided three ways into substantial, potential, and operative—to posit a further triad of intellection: namely partial, participated, and imaginal.

Sense checked against farmer1998:22482; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:22482; awaiting human check

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

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