Aristotle's Concept of Potentiality and Actuality

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For Aristotle, everything in nature seeks to realize its ______ and finally realize its actualities.

potentialities

Aristotle called the process of realizing one's potential ______, a Greek word for 'to become its essence'.

entelechy

Aristotle analyzed the notion of ______ since space and time are infinitely indivisible.

infinity

For the world of ______ things to exist at all, there must first be something actual.

potential

Aristotle divided everything in the natural world into two main categories: ______ things and living things.

nonliving

Nonliving things such as rock, water, and earth have no ______ for change.

potentiality

A child strives to be an ______; a seed strives to be a tree.

adult

Knowledge, however, can be attained (if at all) after ______.

death

Nature not only has a built-in ______, but also different levels of being.

pattern

Aristotle's account of change calls upon ______ and potentiality.

actuality

Explore Aristotle's philosophical ideas on potentiality, actuality, and the concept of the Unmoved Mover. Learn how he explained change and motion in the natural world. Test your understanding of Aristotle's philosophical concepts.

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