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    Challenges→The First Being has no potentiality for any predicate it does not already possess by its essence.

    A being with unlimited active power possesses real potentiality that is not a deficiency, undermining the assumption that all potentiality implies dependence on an external actualizer.

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    • 1.Potentiality means capacity for action; unlimited active power means infinite capacity, which is a perfection, not a deficiency requiring external completion.
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    • 2.A being that actualizes itself through its own nature (self-actuation) exhibits potentiality grounded in its essence rather than external dependence.
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    • 3.Dependence on an external actualizer is required only for contingent beings; a necessary being's potentiality could be intrinsic to its self-sufficient nature.
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    • 1.Potentiality inherently denotes unrealized capacity—a gap between what something can do and what it currently does—logically requiring actualization from outside.
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    • 2.Self-actualization is incoherent: something cannot simultaneously be the passive recipient of change and the active agent causing that change to itself.
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    • 3.Even unlimited power cannot escape the distinction between capacity and exercise; possessing unlimited potential still requires something to trigger its operation.
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    Key Terms

    Active power(describing the will's nature)
    A capacity or ability to do something or make something happen, as opposed to just passively receiving change from outside.
    Deficiency(contrasted with pluralism being legitimate)
    A flaw or weakness that suggests something is wrong and needs to be fixed or improved.
    Dependence on an external actualizer(as used in metaphysics and causality discussions)
    The idea that something can only become real or develop because something outside of it makes it happen—like how a statue needs a sculptor to bring it into existence.
    Potentiality(Used in the Aristotelian sense; Fârâbî argues the First Being has no potentiality.)
    The capacity of a being to possess a predicate or property it does not currently possess by its essence, requiring actualization by something external that already has that property.
    actuality(Contrasted with non-actuality; ceasing to be actual is equated with death and the loss of all distinctively human properties)
    The state of being actual (as opposed to merely possible), associated with consciousness, embodiment, and lived human properties

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    Potentiality means capacity for action; unlimited active power means infinite ca...Self-actualization is incoherent: something cannot simultaneously be the passive...The First Being has no potentiality for any predicate it does not already posses...