 Ficino and Piccolomini conclude that the world depends in all its parts on an incorporeal principle of agency in such a way that, since it depends always on this principle, it can be said to be created continually (DRA: 448–449). Taurellus agrees that bodily mass cannot convey form onto itself. However, he does not believe that bodily mass, once it is formed, requires any external active principle to preserve its form (DRA: 449). Likewise, he holds that elements have their own forces—forces that are derived from the elements, not from any being external to them. In his view, the heavens not only do not have the force to convey form to elements, they are also unnecessary to explain the forces that elements possess. Taurellus takes issue with Piccolomini’s claim that God imparts forces on things in the world by means of a Platonic world soul (see Piccolomini 1596a: ch. 30). Contrary to Piccolomini, Taurellus holds that in addition to general forces that influence all bodies on earth in a uniform way, there are specific forces that belong to the elements (DRA: 275).