[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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people..."
(Marcel Proust, "Swann's Way" Volume I of In Search of Lost Time)
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