Plato · thesis 5>28

Thesis 5>28

Latin

Cum dixit Plato in Timeo ex indiuidua diuiduaque substantia conflatam animam, per indiuiduam substantiam animalem intellectum significauit, per diuiduam animalem rationem.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22655

English

When Plato said in the Timaeus that the soul was compounded from undivided and divided substance, by the undivided substance he meant the soul's intellect, and by the divided substance, the soul's reason.

Sense checked against farmer1998:22689; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:22689; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 5>29 Non est credendum in doctrina Platonis animam quicquam intelligere per inspectionem ad ideas, nisi cum peruenit ad illum statum qui est supr