Full Idea
Is there a difference between what Socrates could have been, and what he could have become?
Gist of Idea
What Socrates could have been, and could have become, are different?
Source
Alvin Plantinga (De Re and De Dicto [1969], p.44)
Book Reference
Plantinga,Alvin: 'Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality' [OUP 2003], p.44
A Reaction
That is, I take it, 1) how different might he have been in the past, given how he is now?, and 2) how different might he have been in the past, and now, if he had permanently diverged from how he is now? 1) has tight constraints on it.