[B-Greek] entelecheia and intellectual

David Schultz philosopher at creighton.edu
Sun May 1 13:33:32 EDT 2005


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> Could someone kindly help me with this question? At first glance  
> Aristotle's invented word entelecheia gives the immediate sense of  
> being the origin of the word "intellectual." Yet as I have never  
> come across a discussion concerning such a relation, nor find any  
> now via online search, I am in doubt.

Good reason you haven't: No relation.  Entelecheia is translated as  
"actual"  or "actualization" and so related to energia in A. The en- 
telos aspect relates them as formal causes (which are actualities in  
A).  Everything has one, though he does use the word for beliefs,  
desires and rational plans and so on.

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David Schultz
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