Questions to be answered by numbers · thesis 7a>45

Thesis 7a>45

Latin

Vtrum sit dare aliquid quod secundum suam naturam sit pura potentia, quam philosophi uocant materiam primam.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 24361

Whether one may posit something that, by its own nature, is pure potency -- what the philosophers call prime matter.

Sense checked against Farmer's English at farmer1998:24425; 'may posit'/'potency' vary Farmer's 'should be posited'/'potentiality'.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T08b; sense checked against farmer1998:24425; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own list of questions to be answered through numbers (section 7a>) · Pico's stance: unstated

2.21 Non est sub eadem specie angelorum plurificatio.
3>53 Qui primam materiam negat, nec sensui contradicit, nec rationem physicam negat.
3>54 Ad probandum primam materiam esse, magis certificat uel uia numerorum, uel uia catholicae philosophiae, quam ulla ratio physica in qua sensu
7a>46 Vtrum mediate uel immediate, et quomodo, materia prima dependeat a deo.
7a>47 Vtrum omne quod est infra deum sit compositum ex actu et potentia.
7a>48 Vtrum sit materia eiusdem rationis in omnibus.
7a>49 Vtrum aliqua res creata possit esse inmunis ab imperfectione.
7a>7 An sit dare naturam superiorem natura intellectuali.