Difference precedes both acting and being acted upon
Evidence
According to Aristotle, there can be nothing prior to this element of difference; it is the most elementary position, that which is of all things the most simple. Being acted-upon (πσειν) does not precede that which acts ( νεργε!ν); nor does the acting precede the acted-upon. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 464
Categorization
- DEFINE: The primitive element is difference itself — neither action nor passivity is more fundamental, which is a counter-intuitive ground for dialectic and for plasticity as capacity for both.
- XREF: connects to: Difference is a situational phenomenon with directionality and perspectivism