[150] That which causes.

[151] That by which the cause causes.

[152] To say that the human soul can exist apart from the body, is no objection. Our soul is not merely a formal act; it is a subsistent being—that is, an act having its own intrinsic term, and therefore possessing an independent existence; which cannot be said of other forms. And on this account the soul is the only form which without impropriety might be called a formal cause as well as a formal principle.

[153] Are equal to a third.

[154] Are equal to each other.

[155] The formal principle which.

[156] The formal principle by which or through which.

[157] The formal reason.

[158] The product of reasoning.