Plato · thesis 5>35

Thesis 5>35

Latin

Per necessitatis regnum in Symposio Platonis, nihil aliud intelligere debemus quam superabundantiam naturae alterius supra naturam eiusdem, et infiniti supra terminum.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22767

English

The 'rule of necessity' spoken of in Plato's Symposium points to just one thing: how far the nature of the Other outstrips the nature of the Same, and the infinite outstrips limit.

Sense checked against farmer1998:22819; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:22819; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 20.3 Omnis uita est immortalis.
• 24.1 Quod est in intelligibilibus terminus et infinitum, est in intellectualibus mas et femina, in supermundanis idemtitas et alteritas, similitu
• 5>42 Per demonstrationem Platonis in Phedro de immortalite animae, firmius demonstratur aeternitas mundi quam per ullam rationem Aristotelis in .