Dynamis
Dynamis
(power), in the system of Basilides, as described by Irenaeus (1:24), is named, together with Sophia (wisdom), as following Nons (mind). Logos (reason), and Phronesis (thought) in the series of emanations from the- unborn Father.
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Dynamis
(Gr. dynamis) In Aristotle’s philosophy (1) a source of change or power to effect change; faculty; (2) more generally the capacity a thing has of passing to a different state; potentiality. See Aristotelianism; Energeia. — G.R.M.