Plato · thesis 5>49

Thesis 5>49

Latin

Ex eo nomine quo dei nominant amorem, patet diligenter aduertenti quod in actu amoris non est foelicitas.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 22994; 1486 print folio <24v/25r>

English

Pay close attention to the name the gods themselves give to love, and it becomes clear: happiness is not found in the act of loving.

Sense checked against farmer1998:23050; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23050; awaiting human check

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

Discussed in

• Giulio Busi and Raphael Ebgi, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Mito, magia, Qabbalah (2014)

Mention records in the corpus: 2 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

Farmer's cross-references

• 3>43 Actus quo foelicitatur natura angelica et rationalis ultima foelicitate, nec est actus intellectus, nec uoluntatis, sed est unio unitatis qu
• 3>48 Praeter tria demonstrationis genera, quia, propter quid, et simpliciter, quae ponunt Aristoteles et commentator, datur quartum genus demonst
• 3>49 Magis improprie dicitur de deo quod sit intellectus uel intelligens, quam de anima rationali quod sit angelus.