Zoroaster and Chaldeans · thesis 8>2

Thesis 8>2

Latin

Ibidem dico interpretes nihil aliud per uirtutes mysteriales intelligere quam naturalem magiam.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 24728

English

There too, I hold that when the interpreters speak of mysterious powers, they mean nothing beyond natural magic.

Sense checked against farmer1998:24783; no divergence.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T09b; sense checked against farmer1998:24783; awaiting human check

Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 8>, on the understanding of Zoroaster and his Chaldean expositors) · Pico's stance: endorses

Farmer's cross-references

• 10>3 Nomina deorum quos Orpheus canit non decipientium demonum, a quibus malum et non bonum prouenit. Sed naturalium uirtutum diuinarumque sunt n