Plato · thesis 5>36

Thesis 5>36

Latin

Per demonstrationem Platonis in Phedro de animae immortalitate, nec de nostris animis, ut Proclus, Hermias, et Syrianus credunt, nec de omni anima, ut Plotinus et Numenius, nec de mundi tantum anima, ut Posidonius, sed de coelesti qualibet anima, probatur et concluditur immortalitas.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22772

Apparatus (Farmer): 1486 ut Proclus.Hermias. & Syrianus credunt

1486 print reads 'ut Proclus.Hermias. & Syrianus credunt' with periods and an ampersand for commas (farmer1998:22782); wording unchanged.

English

Through Plato's demonstration in the Phaedrus concerning the immortality of the soul, immortality is proved and concluded not of our own souls, as Proclus, Hermias, and Syrianus believe, nor of every soul, as Plotinus and Numenius hold, nor of the world's soul alone, as Posidonius holds, but of every celestial soul.

Sense checked against farmer1998:22824; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:22824; 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.
• 5>37 Tempus essentialiter est in incorporeis, participatiue in corporeis.
• 5>42 Per demonstrationem Platonis in Phedro de immortalite animae, firmius demonstratur aeternitas mundi quam per ullam rationem Aristotelis in .