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The style of this discussion, based on the distinction between possession and exercise that arises so naturally in this context, stems from a root that is old indeed.  In this connection, it is fruitful to compare the current alignments with those given in Aristotle's treatise ''On the Soul'', a germinal textbook of psychology that ventures to analyze the concept of the mind, psyche, or soul to the point of arriving at a definition.  The alignments of capacites, analogous correspondences, and illustrative materials outlined by Aristotle are summarized in Table 6.

The style of this discussion, based on the distinction between possession and exercise that arises so naturally in this context, stems from a root that is old indeed.  In this connection, it is fruitful to compare the current alignments with those given in Aristotle's treatise ''On the Soul'', a germinal textbook of psychology that ventures to analyze the concept of the mind, psyche, or soul to the point of arriving at a definition.  The alignments of capacites, analogous correspondences, and illustrative materials outlined by Aristotle are summarized in Table 6.

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Table 6. Alignments of Capacities in Aristotle

 

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|     Matter       |           Form             |

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<math>\text{Table 6.} ~~ \text{Alignments of Capacities in Aristotle}\!</math>

|   Potentiality   |         Actuality         |

|- style="height:40px; background:#f0f0ff"

|   Receptivity   | Possession |   Exercise   |

| <math>\text{Matter}\!</math>

|       Life       |   Sleep     |   Waking   |

| colspan="2" | <math>\text{Form}\!</math>

|       Wax       |         Impression         |

|-

|       Axe       |   Edge     |   Cutting   |

| <math>\text{Potentiality}\!</math>

|       Eye       |   Vision     |   Seeing   |

| colspan="2" | <math>\text{Actuality}\!</math>

|       Body       |           Soul             |

|-

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| width="33%" | <math>\text{Receptivity}\!</math>

|       Ship?       |           Sailor?           |

| width="33%" | <math>\text{Possession}\!</math>

| width="33%" | <math>\text{Exercise}\!</math>

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| <math>\text{Life}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Sleep}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Waking}\!</math>

|-

| <math>\text{Wax}\!</math>

| colspan="2" | <math>\text{Impression}\!</math>

|-

| <math>\text{Axe}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Edge}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Cutting}\!</math>

|-

| <math>\text{Eye}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Vision}\!</math>

| <math>\text{Seeing}\!</math>

|-

| <math>\text{Body}\!</math>

| colspan="2" | <math>\text{Soul}\!</math>

|-

| <math>\text{Ship?}\!</math>

| colspan="2" | <math>\text{Sailor?}\!</math>

|}

 

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An attempt to synthesize the materials and the schemes that are given in Tables&nbsp;5 and 6 leads to the alignments of capacities that are shown in Table&nbsp;7.  I do not pretend that the resulting alignments are perfect, since there is clearly some sort of twist taking place between the top and the bottom of this synthetic arrangement.  Perhaps this is due to the alterations of case, tense, and grammatical category that occur throughout the paradigm, or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the relationships through the middle of the Table are more analogical than categorical.  For the moment I am content to leave all the paradoxes intact, taking the pattern of tensions and torsions as a puzzle for future study.

An attempt to synthesize the materials and the schemes that are given in Tables&nbsp;5 and 6 leads to the alignments of capacities that are shown in Table&nbsp;7.  I do not pretend that the resulting alignments are perfect, since there is clearly some sort of twist taking place between the top and the bottom of this synthetic arrangement.  Perhaps this is due to the alterations of case, tense, and grammatical category that occur throughout the paradigm, or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the relationships through the middle of the Table are more analogical than categorical.  For the moment I am content to leave all the paradoxes intact, taking the pattern of tensions and torsions as a puzzle for future study.