entelechy
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun In the philosophy of Aristotle, the condition of a thing whose essence is fully realized; actuality.
- noun In some philosophical systems, a vital force that directs an organism toward self-fulfillment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun Something complex that emerges when you put a large number of simple objects together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
Examples
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Salmansohn re-defines such difficult concepts such as "entelechy", as your intended seed personality and "mightiest human being self" and "mimesis" as the groundwork for creating vision boards, which I later tried.
Alyssa Pinsker: How I Lost My Prince Harming And Found Karen Salmansohn
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In such a state one has access to the creative, world making place where one's unique entelechy (the essential self) meets the Entelechy of a potential new time, one that gives the details of an evolution in person and society.
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It seems that the book contains only concepts, not people, which, for me, makes it a collection of samples of entelechy, a compendium of incomprehensible ideas.
Yoani Sanchez: Fidel's Dictionary: A Man's Phrases are Compiled When You Know He's Finished
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Behind this kind of ethic stands the Aristotelian notion of entelechy: humans have a natural potential to develop rationality and through it acquire virtuous character.
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Borrowing a term from Aristotle, Burke referred to it as a manifestation of entelechy — the tendency of a potential to realize itself.
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STEPHEN: (LOOKS BEHIND) So that gesture, not music not odour, would be a universal language, the gift of tongues rendering visible not the lay sense but the first entelechy, the structural rhythm.
Note
The word 'entelechy' was coined by Aristotle from Greek roots meaning 'to have' and 'end, accomplishment, fruition'.
