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    It is not the case that 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 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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    • 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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