Book of Causes · thesis 6>1

Thesis 6>1

Latin

Cum dixit Abucaten Auenan animam esse supra tempus, intelligendum est de anima absoluta secundum substantiam, praescindendo ab omni operatione quae competit ei inquantum est anima.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23354

English

When Abucaten Avenan says that the soul stands above time, take this of the soul considered in its bare substance, apart from any operation that belongs to it precisely as soul.

Sense checked against farmer1998:23395; no further crux.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23395; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 6>, on the Book of Causes) · Pico's stance: endorses

Farmer's cross-references

• 23.9 Cum dicit Plato in mundi medio positam animam, de inparticipata anima debet intelligi, quam ideo in medio dicit positam, quia aequaliter omn
• 5>37 Tempus essentialiter est in incorporeis, participatiue in corporeis.
• 5>38 Tempus, ubi habet esse essentiale, habet esse totaliter extra animam.
• 5>39 Tempus habet ab anima suum esse participatum: a prima quidem anima per modum effectiuae causalitatis, ab ultima uero per modum obiectiuae co
• 5>40 Motus primi coeli, et uniuersaliter quilibet motus siue localis siue alterationis, secundario et per accidens tempore mensuratur.