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TOPIC INFO – CUET PG (Philosophy)
SUB-TOPIC INFO – Philosophy (Section I: Metaphysics)
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1. Origins in Ancient Greek Philosophy
2. Key Aristotelian Definitions
3. Three Kinds of Potentiality
4. Ontological Status
5. Movement and Change
6. Theology and Cosmology
7. Medieval Scholastic Philosophy
8. Modern Philosophy
9. Contemporary Metaphysics
10. Key Distinctions
11. Examples Recap
12. Influence on Later Thought
13. Technical Aristotelian Passages
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Actuality and Potentiality
(Metaphysics)
CUET PG – Philosophy (Notes)
Origins in Ancient Greek Philosophy
The concepts of actuality (energeia or entelecheia) and potentiality (dynamis) were first systematically articulated by Aristotle in the 4th century BCE.
Aristotle introduced these notions in multiple works, especially the Metaphysics, Physics, and On the Soul (De Anima).
Potentiality refers to the capacity or power of something to be in a different state or to do something it does not currently do.
Actuality refers to the realization or fulfillment of that capacity.