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    It is not the case that Hume argued in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion that we cannot infer qualitative perfections from bare existential necessity without illicitly importing prior theistic assumptions.

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    • 1.A necessarily existing being might have its qualitative nature entailed by its necessity without importing external assumptions.
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    • 2.Hume's own empiricism cannot rule out synthetic connections between necessity and perfection known through rational intuition.
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    • 3.The charge of 'illicit import' requires showing alternatives exist, but Hume offers no coherent account of necessary existence itself.
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    • 1.Necessity (mere existence) is a modal property distinct from qualitative properties like omnipotence or benevolence.
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    • 2.Inferring qualitative perfections requires additional premises about what makes something 'perfect' that aren't derived from necessity alone.
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    • 3.Classical theistic arguments often assume God must be perfect before proving God exists, creating circular reasoning.
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