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    It is not the case that Aquinas argues that unity predicated of God and creatures shares an analogical structure, not mere equivocation, preserving real conceptual continuity.

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    • 1.Analogy itself requires understanding the proportional relationship between God and creatures, which seems equally opaque as univocity.
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    • 2.If unity in God and creatures is only analogical, we cannot confidently assert that God actually possesses any attribute language names.
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    • 3.The 'middle ground' between equivocation and univocity may be unstable—analogy could collapse into equivocation under scrutiny.
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    • 1.Pure equivocation makes theological discourse meaningless; analogy preserves rational communication about God's attributes.
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    • 2.Creatures derive their being from God, so their unity must share structural similarity with divine unity, not complete difference.
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    • 3.Analogy avoids anthropomorphism while respecting that God's transcendence permits some conceptual continuity across domains.
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