If then matter is one thing, form another, the compound of these a third, and both the matter and the form and the compound are substance even the matter is in a sense called part of a thing, while in a sense it is not, but only the elements of which the formula of the form consists.
1035a) Horrela, bada, gauza bat materia baldin bada, beste bat forma, eta beste bat, bi hauez osaturikoa; eta materia, forma eta bi hauez osaturikoa substantzia baldin badira, kasu batzuetan materia ere zerbaiten zati dela esaten da, eta beste batzuetan ez, formaren esakunearen osagai diren horiek direla baizik.