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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.
Aristotle [A] ( Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of ...
The Nicomachean Ethics ( / ˌnaɪkɒməˈkiən, ˌnɪ -/; Ancient Greek: Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia) is among Aristotle 's best-known works on ethics: the science of the good for human life, that which is the goal or end at which all our actions aim. [1] : .
Organon. The Organon ( Ancient Greek: Ὄργανον, meaning "instrument, tool, organ") is the standard collection of Aristotle 's six works on logical analysis and dialectic. The name Organon was given by Aristotle's followers, the Peripatetics, who maintained against the Stoics that Logic was "an instrument" of Philosophy. [1]
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 ...
Term logic. In logic and formal semantics, term logic, also known as traditional logic, syllogistic logic or Aristotelian logic, is a loose name for an approach to formal logic that began with Aristotle and was developed further in ancient history mostly by his followers, the Peripatetics.
Politics. (Aristotle) Politics ( Πολιτικά, Politiká) is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher. At the end of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle declared that the inquiry into ethics necessarily leads into a discussion of politics. The two works are frequently considered to be parts of a larger ...
On the Soul ( Greek: Περὶ Ψυχῆς, Peri Psychēs; Latin: De Anima) is a major treatise written by Aristotle c. 350 BC. [1] His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum ...