For him, God was the 'formal cause' or 'first mover.

对他来说，上帝是“正式原因” 或“先行者” 。

Aristotle's philosophy also presumed the existence of a God – or a formal cause – which sets all natural processes going.

亚里士多德的哲学还假定上帝的存在——或形式原因——它使所有自然过程运转起来。

The " first mover" is itself at rest, but it is the " formal cause" of the movement of the heavenly bodies, and thus of all movement in nature.

“先动者” 本身是静止的， 但它是天体运动的“形式原因” ，因此也是自然界所有运动的“形式原因” 。

The " efficient cause" is that the moisture cools, and the " formal cause" is that the " form" , or nature of the water, is to fall to the earth.

是水分变冷， “形式因” 是水的“形式” 或性质落到地上。