Aquinas on Passive Powers

Abstract Aquinas thinks that if we want to understand causal interactions between material substances, we cannot focus exclusively on agents and their active powers. In his view, there are also passive potencies which enable material substances to be acted upon. He claims that for every type of acti...

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Main Author: Frost, Gloria (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2021
In: Vivarium
Year: 2021, Volume: 59, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 33-51
Further subjects:B Matter
B efficient causation
B passive powers
B Aquinas
B Forme
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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