Book of Causes · thesis 6>4

Thesis 6>4

Latin

Quamuis dicat Abucaten quod esse, quod est primum creatum, est super intelligentiam, non credas tamen illud secundum hypostasim esse distinctum ab intelligentia.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23447

English

Granted that Abucaten calls existence—the first created thing—superior to intelligence, do not conclude from this that it is a distinct hypostasis set apart from intelligence.

Farmer's English for this thesis appears at farmer1998:23502 (flagged 'None' in the inventory's farmer_english_line); sense checked there.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T07b; sense checked against farmer1998:23502; awaiting human check

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

Farmer's cross-references

• 3>25 Nisi destruamus naturam intellectualem, non possumus intelligere ideas numerari, nisi per intimationem ideae numeri per re/liquas, sicut est
• 5>41 Licet natura intellectualis simul omnia intelligat, non tamen hoc est per uirtualem et unitiuam continentiam, sed per mutuam penetrationem f
• 6>5 Cum dixit Abucaten causam primam superiorem esse omni narratione, non tam propter id habet ueritatem quod primo affert, quia scilicet causam
• 6>6 Quod dicit Abucaten, intelligentiam esse substantiam quae non diuiditur, maxime est uerum per indiscretam in ea intelligibilium ad inuicem p
• 6>7 Ex praecedenti conclusione potest haberi quomodo intelligendum est dictum Abucaten, quod omnis intelligentia est plena formis.