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    It is not the case that A being whose non-existence is genuinely possible cannot be said to lack all potentiality for not existing, undermining al-Farabi's modal claim.

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    • 1.Potentiality for non-existence and possibility of non-existence are distinct: one is metaphysical capacity, the other logical status.
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    • 2.A necessary being can have logically possible non-existence in other worlds without possessing active potentiality in its own nature.
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    • 3.Al-Farabi's modal claim concerns intrinsic necessity, not exhaustive modal metaphysics across all possible worlds.
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    • 1.If non-existence is genuinely possible for X, then X has a real modal capacity or potentiality oriented toward non-being.
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    • 2.Al-Farabi's claim requires beings to lack all potentiality for non-existence, but genuine possibility entails some form of potentiality.
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    • 3.Confusing logical possibility with modal potentiality doesn't resolve the tension—real possibility implies real capacity.
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