Becoming
Becoming
(Medieval) Any kind of change is actualization of potencies. It is often called, following Aristotle, a “movement”, because moving is a striking instance of becoming, and because the thing “moves” from the lower level of potentiality to the higher of actuality. Actualization is achieved only by a factor which is act itself. The act is in this sense prior to the potency not only in nature but also in time. See Being, Dialectic, Hegel. — R.A.