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1 I, 12| man has, it is true, the capacity at once of sitting and of 2 I, 12| infinite time more than one capacity, another time is impossible 3 I, 12| destructible, it will have the capacity of not being. Now if it 4 I, 12| for infinite time let this capacity be actualized; and it will 5 I, 12| there is no time for such a capacity of not being, whether the 6 I, 12| finite or infinite; for its capacity of being must include the 7 I, 12| for an infinite time the capacity of not being (since the 8 I, 12| of not being (since the capacity of being and the capacity 9 I, 12| capacity of being and the capacity of not being will be present 10 I, 12| 3) Further, this second capacity will be present like the 11 I, 12| for an infinite time the capacity both of being and of not 12 I, 12| impossible. (4) Again, if the capacity is present prior to the 13 I, 12| that same time it had the capacity of being, both of being 14 I, 12| proceed from one and the same capacity, the matter of the thing 15 I, 12| state it will possess the capacity of not existing, only not 16 I, 12| But this is impossible. No capacity relates to being in the 17 I, 12| In the later state the capacity will be present for that 18 I, 12| actuality. Actualize, then, the capacity. It will be true to say 19 II, 6 | for an infinite time, and capacity afterwards for another infinity. 20 II, 6 | incapacity as long as the capacity. But if the movement is