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    Challenges→A-occurring does not entail B-occurring.

    Boethius and Aquinas both treat eternal 'now' as the ontological ground of temporal 'now', making the two modes co-referential.

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    • 1.Boethius explicitly states God perceives all moments simultaneously in a single eternal present, establishing the logical priority of eternity over time.
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    • 2.Aquinas argues temporal succession requires a non-temporal ground; God's eternal 'now' provides this necessary ontological foundation for temporal moments.
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    • 3.Co-reference preserves divine omniscience: God knows the same events whether viewed from eternity or temporality, solving the foreknowledge-freedom problem.
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    • 1.If eternal 'now' grounds temporal 'now', they cannot be truly co-referential—the ground and grounded are ontologically distinct by definition.
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    • 2.Boethius and Aquinas use 'now' analogously rather than univocally; temporal 'now' has duration-awareness while eternal 'now' lacks temporal succession entirely.
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    • 3.Co-reference requires shared properties; temporal 'now' involves becoming while eternal 'now' is immutable, making identity claims problematic.
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