Controversias en la recepción analítica de Metafísica IX 6 1048b18-35

This paper examines the contextual and terminological problems of the Aristotelian Passage of Metaphysics IX 6 1048b18-35, through the debate between the main interlocutors of the Anglo-Saxon analytic reception. The contextual difficulty of the Passage revolves around (1) the division made by Ross of Theta 6 into two different domains: chapters 1 to 5 of a kinetic character vs chapters 6 to 10 of an ontological character; and (2) the existence or not of parallel passages to the distinction between κίνησις and ἐνέργεια. The terminological difficulty, for its part, evaluates the difference and/or similarity between executive acts (doings) and states of potentiality and actuality (beings) by exploring the possibility that some executive acts are not kinetic, while avoiding confusing them with the state of «ontological actuality» proper of the οὐσία.