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ARISTOTLE
384–322 BCE
Entelechy (The Veneration of Potential Utility)
That which has its end within itself, actualizing what was already potential. CoCA's Stone Island Doctrine (§3.3.4) is Aristotelian without the syllogism. The waterproof jacket worn in the climate-controlled office is entelechy as fashion: the readiness is the actuality. The institution that is over-engineered for problems it does not have is in the highest state of being. To be ready is to be.