Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: [biosemiotics:8580] Re: Natural

2015-05-06 Thread Helmut Raulien
Hi!! Agent, Patient, and Effect are a triadic affair, call it relation, call it what you want, but they are triadic. If there is no effect, there was no activity (no Agens). If there was nothing to be the subject, there was no patiens. If there was no effect, there were neither both of them. If

Re: Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: [biosemiotics:8580] Re: Natural

2015-05-06 Thread Benjamin Udell
Helmut, lists, Aristotle's 10 categories in Categories include _/poiein/_ (to do, to make) and _/paschein/_ (to suffer, to undergo), such as 'to cauterize' and 'to be cauterized'. He also discusses _/energeia/_ (activity) and _/entelechia/_, both of which are sometimes translated as