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    It is not the case that Aquinas in De Veritate explicitly grounds transcendentals in their convertibility, which presupposes equal extension across all beings.

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    • 1.Convertibility means mutual predication, not necessarily identical extension—finite beings might exemplify transcendentals differently.
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    • 2.Aquinas distinguishes analogy from univocity; analogical terms share meaning without requiring equal presence across all domains.
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    • 3.De Veritate addresses created/uncreated being asymmetrically, suggesting transcendentals admit degrees of participation, not equal extension.
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    • 1.Convertibility (being↔truth, being↔goodness) logically requires coextensive application across all beings without exception.
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    • 2.Aquinas's metaphysics requires unified principles; unequal extension would fragment being into incommensurable domains.
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    • 3.De Veritate Q.1 establishes truth as transcendental precisely by denying genus-level restrictions, implying universal scope.
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