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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
This is the reverse of Aquinas' definition of change in general.
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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
This would be the substantial change called generation.
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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
An example would be Harry becoming fat.
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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
This is metaphysical or ontological change.
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An accidental change:
{ 1 } - is a reduction from actuality to potentiality.
{ 2 } - occurs in the acquisition of a substantial form by matter.
{ 3 } - occurs in the acquisition of an accident by a substance.
{ 4 } - is a leading back from nothing to being.
{ 5 } - is a leading back from the possibility of a substantial form to its actuality.
This is the substantial change called generation.
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