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The Instrumental cause (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠invented by medieval theologians: the axe in a carpenter's hand serves another's end only by doing its own thing, which is cutting.