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In philosophy, potentiality and actuality [1] are a pair of closely connected principles which Aristotle used to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, and De Anima. [2] The concept of potentiality, in this context, generally refers to any "possibility" that a thing can be said to have.
Metaphysics. (Aristotle) Metaphysics ( Greek: τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά, "those after the physics"; Latin: Metaphysica [1]) is one of the principal works of Aristotle, in which he develops the doctrine that he calls First Philosophy. [a] The work is a compilation of various texts treating abstract subjects, notably substance theory ...
Posterior Analytics. The Posterior Analytics ( Greek: Ἀναλυτικὰ Ὕστερα; Latin: Analytica Posteriora) is a text from Aristotle 's Organon that deals with demonstration, definition, and scientific knowledge. The demonstration is distinguished as a syllogism productive of scientific knowledge, while the definition marked as the ...
Prior Analytics. The Prior Analytics ( Greek: Ἀναλυτικὰ Πρότερα; Latin: Analytica Priora) is a work by Aristotle on reasoning, known as syllogistic, composed around 350 BCE. [1] Being one of the six extant Aristotelian writings on logic and scientific method, it is part of what later Peripatetics called the Organon.
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Active intellect. In medieval philosophy, the active intellect ( Latin: intellectus agens; also translated as agent intellect, active intelligence, active reason, or productive intellect) is the formal ( morphe) aspect of the intellect ( nous ), according to the Aristotelian theory of hylomorphism. The nature of the active intellect was a major ...
Protrepticus. (Aristotle) Protrepticus ( Ancient Greek: Προτρεπτικός) or, "Exhortation to Philosophy" ( Ancient Greek: Φιλοσοφητέον) is a lost philosophical work written by Aristotle in the mid-4th century BCE. The work was intended to encourage the reader to study philosophy. [1] Although the Protrepticus was one of ...
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