Plato · thesis 5>57

Thesis 5>57

Latin

Dictum illud Platonis in Sophiste, de simulachris quae dicit demonica machinatione conficta, et si multis aliis modis possit uerificari, conueniens tamen est exponere per hoc: quod illa, ut gradum medium in entitate tenent, demonico ordini proportionantur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23192

Apparatus (Farmer): colon retained from 1486 edition

English

Plato's remark in the Sophist about images fashioned by demonic contrivance admits of several explanations, but the fitting one is this: such images, occupying a middle rank within being, correspond precisely to the demonic order.

Sense checked against farmer1998:23247; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23247; 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>56 Dictum illud in Sophiste: Qui unum non dicit nihil dicit, illud est quod ab Aristotele dicitur: Qui unum non intelligit nihil intelligit.