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    If a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents were possi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→A plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents is impossible.

    If a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents were possible, then possibly, at a time t, some omnipotent agent x endeavors to move a feather while another omnipotent agent y endeavors to keep that feather motionless.

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    Endeavors(as used in this philosophical argument)
    Attempts or tries to do something; makes an effort toward a goal.
    Modal logic(logic)
    A system of logic that deals with concepts like possibility, necessity, and what could or must be true.
    coexistent(describing multiple agents existing simultaneously)
    Able to exist at the same time together without contradiction.
    omnipotent(Used in the context of arguing about whether multiple omnipotent beings could coexist.)

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    A being whose will is never thwarted; a being capable of bringing about any willed outcome.
    omnipotent agents(the main subjects being discussed (could refer to gods or god-like beings))
    Entities or beings that have unlimited power to act and influence the world.
    plurality(Arendt's anthropological framework linking human conditions to activities)
    The fact that men, not Man, live on the earth and inhabit the world — referring both to equality (all human beings belong to the same species and are sufficiently alike to understand one another) and distinction (no two human beings are ever interchangeable, each being an individual with a unique biography and perspective on the world)
    possibly / possibly true(the statement is asking whether a certain scenario is even logically possible)
    Could happen or be true under some circumstances, even if it doesn't actually happen.

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    In the light of the foregoing, is it possible that there be a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents? Among contemporary philosophers of religion, Richard Swinburne (2008) holds that a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents is possible.

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