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    A being can contain a multiplicity of Forms while remaini... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The second god is not simple, because the second god contains the Forms of all entities.

    A being can contain a multiplicity of Forms while remaining simple if those Forms are identical with its essence rather than distinct parts.

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    • 1.Identity relations don't require parthood: if Justice IS identical to a being's essence, multiplicity of Forms involves no composition into distinct parts.
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    • 2.Simplicity requires absence of matter-form or substance-accident composition, not absence of multiple abstract identities with one essence.
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    • 3.God's knowledge contains multiple truths as identical with divine intellect, suggesting simplicity compatible with formal multiplicity through identity.
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    • 1.If Forms F1 and F2 are both identical with essence E, then F1=F2 by transitivity of identity, eliminating genuine multiplicity.
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    • 2.Saying 'Forms are identical with essence' merely relabels rather than solves how one thing instantiates multiple distinct properties.
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    • 3.Simplicity traditionally means no internal distinctions whatsoever; formal multiplicity implies real distinctions even if not spatially composed.
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