The textbook illustrates the potential/actual distinction by discussing an intoxicating substance and the manifestation of its effect.
A thing's capacity to produce an effect is different from that effect actually occurring at a given moment. This is a point about logical predication, not an endorsement or practical instruction about the substance.
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The source illustration of potentiality
Contradiction and the Eight Conditions
The textbook illustrates the potential/actual distinction by discussing an intoxicating substance and the manifestation of its effect.
A thing's capacity to produce an effect is different from that effect actually occurring at a given moment. This is a point about logical predication, not an endorsement or practical instruction about the substance.