P3Ch14b Motion as Passage from Potency to Act
An episode of the Foundations of Christian Thought podcast, hosted by Christian Thought, titled "P3Ch14b Motion as Passage from Potency to Act" was published on December 15, 2021 and runs 4 minutes.
December 15, 2021 ·4m · Foundations of Christian Thought
Summary
Part 3 Metaphysics Chapter 14 Potency and Act Section b. Motion as Passage from Potency to Act Starting with the notion that motion cannot be demonstrated or proven as they are directly evident to the intelligence as described by Aristotle, in enters a discussion of motion from Act and Potency. Motion can be understood in two ways: i) a change from one subject to another ii) a change from a subject in a certain stage to same subject in another stage From this comes potency and act, including the terms, cognition, immateriality, intentionality. Thus defining two levels of potency and act: i) the passage from not knowing to knowing ii)the passage of a knowledge possessed as a habit to an actual consideration.
Episode Description
Part 3 Metaphysics
Chapter 14 Potency and Act
Section b. Motion as Passage from Potency to Act
Starting with the notion that motion cannot be demonstrated or proven as they are directly evident to the intelligence as described by Aristotle, in enters a discussion of motion from Act and Potency. Motion can be understood in two ways:
i) a change from one subject to another
ii) a change from a subject in a certain stage to same subject in another stage
From this comes potency and act, including the terms, cognition, immateriality, intentionality. Thus defining two levels of potency and act:
i) the passage from not knowing to knowing
ii)the passage of a knowledge possessed as a habit to an actual consideration.