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    It is not the case that If participation entails ontological dependence, then a necessary being whose existence is self-grounded could be both being-by-substance and being-by-participation simultaneously.

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    • 1.Being-by-substance and being-by-participation are mutually exclusive: one denies ontological dependence while the other entails it—contradiction unavoidable.
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    • 2.Self-grounding cannot ground participation in oneself without circular dependence: the ground would both depend on and precede itself logically.
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    • 3.If participation entails ontological dependence and necessary beings cannot depend on anything, then necessary beings cannot participate—period.
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    • 1.Self-grounded necessary beings transcend the substance/participation distinction by existing through their own essence, enabling simultaneous instantiation.
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    • 2.Participation requires ontological dependence, but dependence on oneself differs fundamentally from dependence on external causes, permitting dual modes.
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    • 3.Classical metaphysics permits beings to exemplify multiple categories non-contradictorily when those categories apply at different metaphysical levels.
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