Hexis fuses potential and act through supple familiarization, not wearing-down

Evidence

2Εις adapts δ.ναµις and ν0ργεια to each other, just as the garment gets used to (se faire à) the wearer. This form of ‘getting used to’ is not use in the literal sense (there is no integral state which is worn down by this ‘use’), but means a kind of familiarization, a becoming-supple and flexible. 2Εις guides something through its own power to what it can achieve. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1333

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines hexis/ἕξις as the middle term between dynamis and energeia — not literal use that erodes a fixed state, but becoming-supple, the garment conforming to the wearer.
• XREF: This distinction between supple familiarization and erosive use is the conceptual germ of plasticity as opposed to mere consumption — resonant for the reader’s brain plasticity framing. — connects to: Hexis engages past, present, and future simultaneously without one dominating — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 488; Hexis is an alteration that improves rather than corrupts the subject; Aristotle’s hexis names a stable way of being distinct from transient dispositions and affections — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 483 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Hexis engages past, present, and future simultaneously without one dominating #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 488
• Aristotle’s hexis names a stable way of being distinct from transient dispositions and affections #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 483
• Humans uniquely privilege hexis, yet other entities can also develop it #expands (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 405
• Hexis is an alteration that improves rather than corrupts the subject #expands (0.80)
• Man exemplifies form-receiving because knowledge can become his hexis. #exemplifies (0.80)
• Hegel’s active and passive nous reciprocally mirror one another as plasticity #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 427