Ibidem per radices terrae nihil aliud intelligere possunt quam uitam uegetalem, conuenienter ad dicta Empedoclis, qui ponit transanimationem etiam in plantas.
Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 24832
English
In the same place, by the roots of the earth they can understand nothing other than the vegetative life, in keeping with the sayings of Empedocles, who posits transanimation even into plants.
Sense checked against farmer1998:24889; no divergence.
Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T09b; sense checked against farmer1998:24889; 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
20.4Anima quae peccauit uel in terreno uel in aereo corpore post mortem bruti uitam uiuit.
21.8Transcorporationem animarum crediderunt omnes sapientes Indorum, Persarum, Aegyptiorum, et Chaldeorum.