Alteration has a privative and a conserving sense

Evidence

Something can be acted upon by the action of either of the two types of action, both of which are included in the notion of /λλ ωσις. On one hand, being acted upon can be understood as a corruption or as a destruction; on the other hand, it can be understood as a conservation or an accomplishment: ‘We must recognize two senses of alteration, viz, the change to conditions of privation (στερητικ5ς διαθ0σεις), and the change to a thing’s dispositions (εις) and to its nature’, says Aristotle. Hegel renders this conclusion as follows: ‘There is one change which is privative; and another which acts on the nature like a permanent energy (force and habit, ις).’ — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 447

Categorization

• DEFINE: Hegel’s gloss of Aristotle’s two senses of alteration — privative change vs. change to one’s dispositions — links hexis (habit) to ‘permanent energy.’
• XREF: connects to: Habit unites change with the preservation of its modifications. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 494; The past is fixed being while the future remains modifiable by freedom — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 454; Transformative change is gradual within continuities, not clean breaks (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Aristotle distinguishes alteration that fulfills a subject from alteration that corrupts it. #corroborates (0.92) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 414
• Sensation is fundamentally defined as a species of alteration #exemplifies (0.85)
• Habit unites change with the preservation of its modifications. #expands (0.82) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 494
• Action modifies the being of things, not just their appearance #expands (0.80)
• Sensory alteration is an achievement enabling sensation’s actualization #expands (0.80)
• Transformative change is gradual within continuities, not clean breaks #qualifies (0.78)
• The past is fixed being while the future remains modifiable by freedom #qualifies (0.75) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 454