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Some things can exist apart and some cannot, and it is the former
that are substances. |
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And in yet another way, analogically identical things are principles,
i.e. actuality and potency; |
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Further, one must observe that some causes can be expressed in universal
terms, and some cannot. |
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Further, if the causes of substances are the causes of all things,
yet different things have different causes and elements, as was said; |
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They are (1) the same or analogous
in this sense, that matter, form, privation, and the moving cause
are common to all things; |
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and (2) the causes of substances may be
treated as causes of all things in this sense, that when substances
are removed all things are removed; |
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further, (3) that which is first
in respect of complete reality is the cause of all things. |
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