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Origin of dunamis
dunamis, or in Ancient Greek: δύναμις
It can be translated simply as “strength,” but the Greek language has 6 words representing “strength.” In usage, dunamis represents ‘strength,’ ‘authority,’ and ‘power,’ though its usage by Aristotle (our favourite) is more closely associated with ‘potential.’
What we believe.
‘Strength,’ ‘authority,’ ‘power,’ and ‘potential’ all share a common etymology, but what does dunamis represent? As Prof. Pier Alberto Porceddu Cilione put it, “In its most common meaning, dunamis means the ability to generate effects, to potentially exert a force. We can translate this notion with many synonyms.” A person that has strength, i.e.- has dunamis, when they are potentially capable of exerting a force or power. The potentiality, rather than the demonstration, is at the heart of dunamis.
Nicola Cusano offered another framing around the concept of dunamis: “…since a fire of ten hectares of wood can be originated from a spark, the spark has the potentiality of a ten-hectare fire...” That potentiality is dunamis.
As Aristotle considered dunamis, the notion of potentiality and its transferral to actuality is core to the process of “becoming.” A spark becomes a fire, an embryo becomes an adult, or an acorn becomes an oak. It may seem impossible that something which fits within the palm of your hand becomes a tree weighing thousands of kilograms; that very possibility is dunamis. An oak is the full actualization of the potentiality of an acorn; dunamis is not what you will become, but the potentiality that already exists within you.