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    It is not the case that Essence and existence do not enter into real composition with one another, and to the extent that something enjoys essential being, to that same degree it enjoys actual existence.

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    • 1.Existence is not contained in the concept of any finite essence, since we can fully grasp what a thing is without knowing whether it exists.
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    • 2.If essence and existence were identical, the existence of any essence would be analytically necessary, collapsing the distinction between contingent and necessary beings.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Aquinas's real distinction holds that in all creatures, esse is received and limited by essence as act is limited by potency, grounding genuine ontological composition.
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    • 2.Godfrey's collapse of this distinction cannot account for why finite beings fail to exhaust the fullness of being, since an unreceived esse would be unlimited and identical with God's own act of existing.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Essence and existence are really identical and differ only conceptually.
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    • 2.What is understood of essence is also understood of existence, and vice versa.
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