A being with irreducible intrinsic perfections cannot coherently be described as 'nothing' relative to another being without committing a category error between absolute and comparative predication.
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(contrasted with absolute or independent statements)
Making a statement about something's qualities only in relation to other things—how something compares or relates to something else.
irreducible(Personalist anthropology; distinguishes personhood from mere biological individuality)
That which is unique and unrepeatable in each human being, by virtue of which a person is not merely an individual of a species but a personal subject.
perfections(metaphysics and philosophy of God)
In philosophical theology, the supreme qualities or attributes (like knowledge, power, or goodness) that are thought to exist in God and can serve as models for understanding other things.