Dynamis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dynamis is a noun meaning (Classical philosophy) Potentiality.
Meaning
(Classical philosophy) Potentiality.
Example Sentences
I have tried to explain the sense of dynamis fundamental to Aristotle's philosophy.
Like Heidegger's Aristotle, Marcuse argues that being “reveals” itself in the relation of dynamis to energeia.
Heidegger deals in this text with Aristotle's attempt to explicate dynamis and energeia as one of manifold ways in which being is expressed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adynamy, potance, hyparxis, performativity, phronesis, palingesia.
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