˜yÐÄvlog

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potence

[ poht-ns ]

noun



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of potence1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French < Latin potentia potency
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Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.

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Of earth the bold, Where the blind matter wrings An awful potence out of impotence, Bowing the spiritual things To the things of sense.

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This is the theory of the importance of the individual, raised, so to speak, to its very highest potence.

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Infinite in essence, we crave it in potence.

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All organic forms are at bottom but one organization, and the inorganic world shows the same formative activity in various degrees or potences.

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