But actions πράξεις. So πρᾶξις is defined as ἐνέργεια λογική in the following chapter. are also called energies: for instance, speaking, eating, drinking, and such like. The natural affections τὰ πάθη. Cf. Instit. Elem., c. 9; Greg. Nyss., Cont. Eunom., v. p. 170. also are often called energies, for instance, hunger, thirst, and so forth Max., Dial. cum Pyrrh.. And yet again, the result of the force is also often called energy.