What is a composite?

“mixture” and “a composite”? Why would one say that “the whole” is what exists and
what acts and not merely its elements in some things? How does an organism, or a
natural substance, differ from an artifact in its being and operation? Why is a
hylomorphic substance not a dualism?
2. What is the definition of a nature?
3. What is causality? What are the principle of causality, list them? How does the act
possessed by the cause cause the effect in the effected, what is “eduction”? What kinds of
causes are there, list and distinguish them? Does causality necessarily mean
predictability?
4. What is motion? What is operation? How do they differ?