Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones (1486) SectionsThe thirteen condemnedScholarshipMethod

Mathematics · thesis 7>7

Thesis 7>7

Latin

Sicut medicina mouet spiritus principaliter ut regunt corpus, ita musica mouet spiritus ut seruiunt animae.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 23717

English

As medicine moves the spirits chiefly insofar as they govern the body, so music moves the spirits insofar as they serve the soul.

Sense checked against Farmer's English at farmer1998:23768; 'govern' varies Farmer's 'rule'.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T08b; sense checked against farmer1998:23768; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 7>, mathematical conclusions) · Pico's stance: endorses

Discussed in

Mention records in the corpus: 3 (deterministic harvest; see Method).

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