You seem to sum up Heidegger's case for the primacy of dunamis. Or am I
missing something? Anyone?
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From: Steven E. Callihan[SMTP:callihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 5:49 PM
To: heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Anthropomorphic truth?
Chris Morrissey wrote:
>Would you say literal truth is the primary sense of truth?
>
>I think the question is related to this one: Is energeia higher than
dunamis?
A "case" determines the potential for truth in any one instance, I suppose.
A door may either be open or closed, and so may be said to be potentially
either. However, it is actually one or the other. The potentiality of
something defines what it is, what it may be, not just in one moment but in
all moments. Its actuality, on the other hand is what it happens to be at
any one moment. So what is higher? Potentiality delimits actuality.
Something cannot actually be what it potentially is not. A wall, unlike a
door, lacks the potentiality of being open, therefore there can be in
actuality no such thing as an open wall. A flat wall. A high wall. But not
an open wall.
Steve
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missing something? Anyone?
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From: Steven E. Callihan[SMTP:callihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 5:49 PM
To: heidegger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Anthropomorphic truth?
Chris Morrissey wrote:
>Would you say literal truth is the primary sense of truth?
>
>I think the question is related to this one: Is energeia higher than
dunamis?
A "case" determines the potential for truth in any one instance, I suppose.
A door may either be open or closed, and so may be said to be potentially
either. However, it is actually one or the other. The potentiality of
something defines what it is, what it may be, not just in one moment but in
all moments. Its actuality, on the other hand is what it happens to be at
any one moment. So what is higher? Potentiality delimits actuality.
Something cannot actually be what it potentially is not. A wall, unlike a
door, lacks the potentiality of being open, therefore there can be in
actuality no such thing as an open wall. A flat wall. A high wall. But not
an open wall.
Steve
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