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Dynamis and Energeia in Aristotle's Metaphysics
European Journal of Philosophy Pub Date : 2021-02-22 , DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12635
Hikmet Unlu 1
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This paper offers an interpretation of Aristotle's concepts of dynamis and energeia (commonly translated as potentiality and actuality) and of the thematic progression of Metaphysics IX. I first raise the question of where motion fits in Aristotle's categories and argue that the locus of motion in the system of categories are the categories of doing and suffering, in which case dynamis and energeia in respect of motion can also be understood as the dynamis and energeia of doing and suffering. Next, I argue that the analogy that Aristotle draws in IX.6 is an analogy between the dynamis and energeia of doing and suffering and the dynamis and energeia of substance. Finally, I try to show that it is this analogy between the kinetic and nonkinetic variants of dynamis and energeia—and not the distinction between end-inclusive and end-exclusive activities—that provides the key to understanding the structure of Metaphysics IX.

中文翻译:

亚里士多德形而上学中的动力和能量

本文对亚里士多德的动力能量概念(通常翻译为潜力和现实)以及形而上学IX 的主题进展进行了解释。我首先提出运动适合亚里士多德范畴的问题,并论证范畴系统中的运动轨迹是行为和痛苦的范畴,在这种情况下关于运动的动力和能量也可以理解为动力能量。做与受苦的能量。接下来,我认为亚里士多德在 IX.6 中所做的类比是动态做和受苦的能量物质的动力和能量。最后,我试图表明,正是这种动力和能量的动力学和非动力学变体之间的类比——不是最终包含和最终排他活动之间的区别——提供了理解《形而上学IX》结构的关键。
更新日期:2021-02-22
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