Leibniz's study of the " entelechy " now known as energy was a part of what he called his new science of " dynamics ", based on the Greek word " dunamis " and his understanding that he was making a modern version of Aristotle's old dichotomy.
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In contrast, the position of Western Medieval ( or Catholic ) Christianity, can be found for example in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, who relied on Aristotle's concept of entelechy, when he defined God as " actus purus ", pure act, actuality unmixed with potentiality.
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Emergence hence is creation of new properties regardless of the substance involved . " " The assumption of an extra-physical vitalis ( vital force, entelechy, �lan vital, etc . ), as formulated in most forms ( old or new ) of vitalism, is usually without any genuine explanatory power.
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KoBakowski, who finds Bloch's concept of non-empirical reality to be typically neo-Platonic and Hegelian, writes that Bloch supports it not by appealing to the neo-Platonists or to Hegel, but rather to the Aristotelian concept of entelechy and the " creative matter " envisaged by Aristotle's followers.
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"Funkentelechy " sees a return of DJ Lollipop as he narrates a free-association meditation on overstimulation, which he terms " entelechy, DJ Lollipop, who also claims the name of " Mr . Prolong " during the song, reassures the listener that " this is mood de-control " and the " pleasure principle has been rescued ".
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In " Desolaci�n de la Quimera ", there are two poems that suggest this . " Animula, vagula, blandula " is a tender poem about watching Altolaguirre's five-year-old grandson, whom he nicknamed Entelechy, playing in the garden and wondering how his fate will differ from his own . " Hablando a Manona " is like a nursery rhyme addressed to their granddaughter.
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Driesch, believing that his results compromised contemporary mechanistic theories of ontogeny, instead proposed that the autonomy of life that he deduced from this persistence of embryological development despite interferences was due to what he called entelechy, a term borrowed from Aristotle's philosophy to indicate a life force which he conceived of as " psychoid " or " mind-like ", that is; non-spatial, intensive, and qualitative rather than spatial, extensive, and quantitative.
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As that which is constitutive of substance itself; ( 2 ) the concern to sharply distinguish this concept of force from the Scholastic notion of " potentia "; ( 3 ) the correlative interpretation of force in terms of " conatus " or " nisus ", i . e ., as something between mere potency and completed act; and ( 4 ) the affirmation of the fundamental correctness of Aristotle s own concept of form as " entelechy ", and Leibniz s corresponding attempt to make this concept fully intelligible.
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Proving the apple doesn't fall far, Sample's daughter, Nikki, lettered in track ( javelin ) at the University of Rhode Island; his oldest son, Ian, caught 10 of Colt Brennan's NCAA record 58 touchdown passes at the University of Hawaii in 2006, in addition to penning a tome about his experiences at the university titled, " Once a Warrior . " Sample's youngest son, Travis, is a nationally renowned motivational trainer / fitness guru, based out of Bergen County, N . J, who highlights the philosophy of entelechy among other self-determination end goals.
