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  • Essay / Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle - 1110

    It is in our nature to have this potentiality so that we can eventually actualize it. But this discourse on virtuality and actualization is mentioned in another work of Aristotle, notably in his Physics. In book 3, chapter one of his Physics, Aristotle asserts that motion is the actuality of what is potentially F (in F). Thus, in the case of a building, something that was constructible becomes actualized during its construction (Physics III.1.201b.8-14). This is a very general overview of his second definition of change. It is therefore clear that this idea is integrated with Aristotle's idea of ​​(moral) virtue. As humans, we have the ability to achieve moral virtue, and we realize it by living according to rationality. But this is not the only way in which Aristotle's ethics seems rooted in his natural philosophy. In the following paragraph, I will detail how Aristotle's explanation of nature relates to his explanation of virtue and