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formal cause
formal cause In this historical Aristotelian sense, formal cause means the organizing form or principle that makes a living body what it is.
In this historical Aristotelian sense, formal cause means the organizing form or principle that makes a living body what it is. In the packet, Aristotle’s view is described as treating the soul as the formal cause of the organized body, in contrast to the body’s matter as its material cause.