[65] Vera corpora, quæ nimirum substantiæ sunt, et non aggregata substantiarum, componuntur quoad essentiam ex materia et forma substantiali.—Liberatore, Metaph. Special., p. 1, n. 53.
[66] Hominis ergo compositio ex materia et forma substantiali ostendit, esse in rebus naturalibus quoddam subjectum naturale natura sua aptum ut informetur actu aliquo substantiali; ergo tale subjectum imperfectum et incompletum est in genere substantiæ; petit ergo esse semper sub aliquo actu substantiali.—Suarez, Disp. Metaph. 15, sect. 1, n. 7.
[67] This reason is given by Suarez: “Homo constat forma substantiali ut intrinseca causa.… Nam anima rationalis substantia est et non accidens, ut patet, quia per se manet separata a corpore, quum sit immortalis; est ergo per se subsistens et independens a subjecto. Non ergo est accidens, sed substantia”—Disp. Metaph. 15, sect. 1, n. 6.
[68] Hæc paritas est innumeris affecta disparitatibus, quantum videlicet interest inter animam rationalem, spiritualem, per se subsistentem, immortalem, et entitates quasdam corporeas, corruptibiles, incompletas.—Loc. cit.
[69] See Tongiorgi, Cosmol., lib. i. c. 2, n. 35.
[70] The Catholic World, April, 1875.
[71] See The Catholic World, February, 1874, p. 584.
[72] See “Le Courrier Russe,” by M. J. Martinov, from which the present article is in great part an abridged translation, Revue des Questions Historiques for April, 1874.
[73] It was on the 19th of February, 1861, that the Emancipation of the Serfs was proclaimed.
[74] Rousskaïa Istoria v jizneopisaniakh ïeïa glavneïchikh predstavitelaei.