The Relation between Potentiality and Actuality and Absolute Existent in Transcendent Theosophy

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Abstract:
“Potentiality and actuality” is among the qualities of the absolute existent, which isthe subject of First Philosophy. An existent is “potential” with respect to theactuality it can possess, though it is an “actual existent” by attention to the actualityit now possesses. It should be mentioned that potentiality is an existential thing,however a weak existence which is distinguished from nonexistence. The presentessay initially deals with the question how ‘potentiality and actuality’ entered FirstPhilosophy. Then it proceeds to analyze the relation between such an issue and thesubject of first philosophy as well as the how of application of existence to it. Andfinally, the paper propounds some dubious things and then responds to them
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Philosophical Theological Research, Volume:10 Issue: 3, 2009
Page:
205
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