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    Chrysippus held that 'a gem will never be cut' can be genuinely possible even if the gem is in fact never cut, grounding possibility in intrinsic capacity rather than temporal actualization.

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    Key Terms

    Chrysippus(as a key Stoic philosopher)
    An ancient Greek philosopher (around 280-206 BCE) who was one of the most important leaders of Stoicism and developed many of its core ideas.
    Grounding (in philosophy)(what semantic facts lack according to the argument)
    A solid foundation or explanation for why something exists or is true; if something has no grounding, there's no real basis for it.
    Possibility (modal logic)(what Chrysippus is defining)
    Something that *could* happen or *could* be true, even if it doesn't actually happen or isn't actually true right now.
    Temporal actualization(what Chrysippus argues is NOT necessary for possibility)
    Something actually happening or becoming real at a specific point in time.
    intrinsic capacity

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    An ability or power that something has built into its own nature, rather than getting it from something else.

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