pleinement en acte

10:44 Dec 21, 2012
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Social Sciences - Philosophy / Neoplatonism
French term or phrase: pleinement en acte
From a philosophy paper on the evolution of the Artistotelian concepts of "ousia" and "energeia" in Neoplatonism :


Or les néoplatonismes, lorsqu’ils méditent sur l’ousia intelligible, conjoignent ces deux aspects de l’energeia aristotélicienne : le mouvement est en et par lui-même actualité, il est un principe vital d’auto-constitution de l’ousia, pleinement en acte à chaque moment de son déploiement.

The English version would have to use "actuality" I believe, I just can't think of how to phrase it right.
tatyana000
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4wholly actualized each moment of its unfolding.
Paul T.
3actualized, concretized
idomyjob


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actualized, concretized


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wholly actualized each moment of its unfolding.


Explanation:
"completely actualized" would be equally right, even more exact; but "wholly" seems to conserve the penchant for metaphors of neoplatonic thinking; moreover, it sounds like "holy"...

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