entelechy

== English == === Alternative forms === entelech, entelechia, entelechie === Etymology === From Late Latin entelechia, from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia), coined by Aristotle from ἐντελής (entelḗs, “complete, finished, perfect”) (from τέλος (télos, “end, fruition, accomplishment”)) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈtɛləki/ Hyphenation: en‧tel‧e‧chy === Noun === entelechy (plural entelechies) (Aristotelian metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized. (specifically) In the metaphysics of Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716): a soul; a monad (Leibniz). , II.12: Aristotle […] calleth it [the soul] Entelechy, or perfection moving of it selfe (as cold an invention as any other) for he neither speaketh of the essence, nor of the beginning, nor of the soules nature; but onely noteth the effects of it […]. (chiefly philosophy) A particular type of motivation, need for self-determination, and inner strength directing life and growth to become all one is capable of being; the need to actualize one's beliefs; having both a personal vision and the ability to actualize that vision from within. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:entelechy. ==== Related terms ==== entelechial entelechially ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “entelechy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. entelechy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia