Plato · thesis 5>56

Thesis 5>56

Latin

Dictum illud in Sophiste: Qui unum non dicit nihil dicit, illud est quod ab Aristotele dicitur: Qui unum non intelligit nihil intelligit.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23188

English

The Sophist's saying, 'whoever does not state one thing states nothing,' amounts to Aristotle's own claim that whoever fails to grasp one thing grasps nothing at all.

Sense checked against farmer1998:23242; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23242; 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>60 Per id quod in Lachete dicitur: Quorumcumque est scientia non esse aliam eorundem ut preteritorum, aliam ut presentium, aliam ut futurorum,