ἐντελέχεια
entelecheia
full, complete reality
Appears 139 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐντελέχεια, ἡ, (ἐντελής, ἔχειν) A. full, complete reality, opp. δύναμις, ψυχή ἐστιν ἐ. ἡ πρώτη σώματος φυσικοῦ δυνάμει ζωὴν ἔχοντος de An. 412a27; ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐντελεχεία ὄντος τὸ δυνάμει ὂν γίνεται GA 734a30; distd. fr. ἐνέργεια, actuality, opp. activity, Metaph. 1050a23, Ph. 257b8, cf. 1.625 (ἐνδ- codd.), 4.7.8; later, τὸ ᾠὸν κατὰ δύναμιν μέν ἐστι νεοσσός, κατʼ ἐντελέχειαν δὲ οὐκ ἔοτιν M. 10.340, cf. Theo Sm.p.37 H.: confused with ἐνδέλεχεια (q.v.) by Tusc. 1.10.22, Jud. Voc. 10.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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