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    Supports→Attributes ascribed to God (one, existent, true, mighty, etc.) should be interpreted either negatively or as relations

    Affirmative predication of attributes would imply plurality in God

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    This God is absolutely one, both in the sense of unique (God is externally one) and in the sense of simple (God is internally one,or uncomposed). God’s unity implies that he cannot have essential or accidental attributes since that would imply plurality in the divine essence. Therefore, the attributes that are often ascribed to God, such as that he is one, existent, true, mighty etc. etc. should be interpreted either negatively, or as relations. According to Ibn Daud, “the truest predicates or a

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