Kinesis
Kinesis
(Gr. kinesis) Motion; change. In Aristotle’s philosophy three kinds of kinesis are distinguished
quantitative change, i.e. increase and diminution;
change of quality; and
change of place, or locomotion.
Among the forms of kinesis Aristotle also sometimes reckons the two forms of substantial change, viz. generation, or coming-to-be, and destruction, or passing-away. See Aristotelianism. — G.R.M.