1. Aristotle, Metaphysics Θ.8,1050b6-28.
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Judson, Lindsay
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METAPHYSICS , *ARGUMENT , *POTENTIALITY theory (Philosophy) , *ACTUALITY theory (Philosophy) - Abstract
The standard interpretation of this passage sees Aristotle as claiming that if a thing is F eternally, its being F is not the exercise of any potentiality to be F, and as explicitly applying this claim to the heavenly bodies. This interpretation faces a number of difficulties: I shall offer a different reading which avoids these, and which brings out interesting connections between this passage and some arguments in Λ.6-7. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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