PHIL 200 Lecture 20: Phil 200 Aristotle De Anima notes 6
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418a the perceptive power is potentially such as the perceptible thing is actually. It is a(cid:272)ted o(cid:374) whe(cid:374) it"s u(cid:374)like, (cid:271)ut o(cid:374)(cid:272)e it has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a(cid:272)ted o(cid:374) it has (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e si(cid:373)ilar to it. The black board becomes black as sensible in potentiality because the black board has no sense power. We related to it in actuality because we actually sense it! Color sets in motion (cannot be standard motion) that of which the actuality is transparency. Transparent that which is visible, not visible in virtue of itself, but in virtue of the color of another (air, water, etc) Two types of motion: standard exchange of form, nonstandard no destruction of form. 419a10 if color cans et transparent in motion that causes it to be at work - buttttttttttttttttttt light also does this light= first actuality color = 2nd actuality darkness = transparent in potentiality. 418b30 transparent medium is colorless: organ is also colorless.