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    Challenges→Absolute idealism is true — there exists a single trans-historical corporate mind of which particular finite minds are proper parts.

    If finite minds are genuine proper parts of the Absolute, they must possess some degree of independent existence, but genuine independence is incompatible with being a mere part of one mind.

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    Independent existence(as used in ontology)
    The ability to exist on its own without needing something else to exist first—like how a chair can exist without needing the concept of furniture to exist.
    finite minds(One of three candidate causes of bodily movement in La Forge's argument)
    Non-divine mental substances such as human minds, considered as a potential source of causal activity in bodies
    incompatible(as used to describe conflicting demands or responsibilities)
    Unable to exist or work together at the same time; conflicting with each other.
    mere part(describing limited or dependent existence)
    A component that exists only as a piece of something larger, with no independent status or identity of its own.
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    (Used in the formulation of mereological principles about identity and composition.)
    Parts of an entity that are not identical to the entity itself; strict sub-components.
    the Absolute(Used in the context of Romantic philosophy as an ultimate but unreachable ideal.)
    That which can never be fully determined and is pursued through an open-ended, striving commitment.

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