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"That in virtue of which" has several meanings:-(1) the form or substance of each thing, e.g. that in virtue of which a man is good is the good itself, (2) the proximate subject in which it is the nature of an attribute to be found, e.g. colour in a surface. "That in virtue of which", then, in the primary sense is the form, and in a secondary sense the matter of each thing and the proximate substratum of each.-In general "that in virtue of which" will found in the same number of senses as "cause"; for we say indifferently (3) in virtue of what has he come?’ or "for what end has he come?"; and (4) in virtue of what has he inferred wrongly, or inferred?’ or "what is the cause of the inference, or of the wrong inference?"-Further (5) Kath’ d is used in reference to position, e.g. "at which he stands" or "along which he walks; for all such phrases indicate place and position.

Therefore ‘in virtue of itself" must likewise have several meanings. The following belong to a thing in virtue of itself:-(1) the essence of each thing, e.g. Callias is in virtue of himself Callias and what it was to be Callias;-(2) whatever is present in the "what", e.g. Callias is in virtue of himself an animal. For "animal" is present in his definition; Callias is a particular animal.-(3) Whatever attribute a thing receives in itself directly or in one of its parts; e.g. a surface is white in virtue of itself, and a man is alive in virtue of himself; for the soul, in which life directly resides, is a part of the man.-(4) That which has no cause other than itself; man has more than one cause—animal, two-footed—but yet man is man in virtue of himself.-(5) Whatever attributes belong to a thing alone, and in so far as they belong to it merely by virtue of itself considered apart by itself.