Sentences with phrase «notions of potency»

This, in turn, requires a reinterpretation of the Aristotelian notions of potency, act, and form, in the light of both modem thought (esp.

He accepts the notion that the substantial unity of the composite substance can only be explained in terms of the notions of potency and act (PN 126 - 27).

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We need to examine each of these key points of Leclerc's theory individually, beginning with the notion that the unity of a composite substance can only be accounted for by recourse to the principles of potency and act.

The inherent contradiction is akin to so many others we see in Silicon Valley — like the illusion of transparency in an industry culture of extreme secrecy or Facebook's conviction of its own political potency in ad sales at the same time — that its chief executive waved off the notion that his company «influenced the election in any way» as a «crazy idea.»