Zoroaster and Chaldeans · thesis 8>10

Thesis 8>10

Latin

Per canem nihil aliud intelligit Zoroaster quam partem inrationalem animae et proportionalia, quod ita esse uidebit qui diligenter dicta omnia expositorum considerauerit, qui et ipsi, sicut et Zoroaster, enigmatice loquuntur.

Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 24945

English

By the dog Zoroaster understands nothing other than the irrational part of the soul and things proportionate to it, as anyone will see who carefully considers all the sayings of the expositors, who themselves, like Zoroaster, speak enigmatically.

The sheet lists no separate 'Farmer's English' line for this thesis; the corresponding English is given at farmer1998:24995, where it is checked. No divergence.

Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T09b; sense checked against farmer1998:24995; 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

• 8>11 Dictum illud Zoroastris, ne exeas cum transit Lictor < >, / perfecte intelligetur per illud Exodi, quando sunt prohibiti Israhelite exire do
• 8>12 Per Syrenam apud Zoroastrem nihil aliud intelligas quam partem animae rationalem.