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    It is not the case that Existence is not a magnitude or perfection that admits of degrees, as Kant argued in the Critique of Pure Reason.

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    • 1.Degrees of existence appear real: potential vs. actual entities, shadows vs. substances, and mathematical abstracts vs. physical objects.
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    • 2.Medieval philosophers (Aquinas, Avicenna) defended existence-as-degree via essence-existence distinction in contingent beings.
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    • 3.Kant himself acknowledged degrees in appearance and phenomenal manifestation, suggesting existence admits graded expression.
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    • 1.Existence is a binary property: things either exist or do not exist, with no intermediate states possible.
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    • 2.Predicates describing perfections (wisdom, power) admit degrees, but existence itself is presupposed by any degree-bearer.
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    • 3.Treating existence as a magnitude confuses the logical copula 'is' with predicative properties that things can possess.
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