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[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes ]

Full Idea

An actuality is thought most normally to be a process.

Gist of Idea

An actuality is usually thought to be a process

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1047a30)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.260


A Reaction

He comments of this that he wishes to include entelechies (unified items) in the general account, and not just processes. To present everything as fundamentally a process is a hard story to tell with full coherence, I think.