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    It is not the case that If no formal distinction separates the First's essence from its causal activity, then the First's causal relations to radically different effects are inexplicable by appeal to essence alone.

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    • 1.A simple, infinite essence could possess intrinsic causal potency that manifests differently depending on what finite recipients it encounters.
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    • 2.The claim confuses formal identity with causal underdetermination; no distinction means no gap where explanation need be inserted separately.
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    • 3.Diverse effects can follow from one cause if causation is not univocal but analogical, making essence-activity identity compatible with explanatory adequacy.
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    • 1.A simple essence cannot account for producing radically heterogeneous effects without some internal differentiation or external determining factors.
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    • 2.If essence and causal activity are formally identical, essence alone becomes too underdetermined to explain why specific effects rather than others result.
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    • 3.Classical metaphysics requires that causal powers either inhere in essence or depend on additional principles; identity collapses this necessary distinction.
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