Philosophical concept
Act and potency
Act and potency distinguish what is realized from what can be realized through a definite capacity, explaining change, fulfilment, and limitation.
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Act and potency distinguish what is realized from what can be realized through a definite capacity, explaining change, fulfilment, and limitation.
In the current corpus, this annotation connects 23,323 passages across 1 works, including Summa Theologiae. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.
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Works where the concept is identified
- Summa TheologiaeThomas Aquinas · 23,323 passages