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    Supports→Plutarch's model conflates a soul that *predominates* over irrationality with one that *rules* it, making the world soul's rationality merely partial, not sovereign.

    If rationality were sovereign, cosmic order would be necessary rather than contingent; Plutarch's system shows contingency, indicating rational control rather than absolute dominion.

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    Key Terms

    Cosmic order(as used in cosmology and philosophy)
    The structure, patterns, and organization we observe in the universe at large, from galaxies to physical laws.
    Necessary(ontological distinction in Mulla Sadra's metaphysics)
    The principle, God; pure existence without essence, quality or property that undergoes change or motion
    Plutarch(as a source text studied by Cherniss)
    An ancient Greek and Roman writer (around 45-120 CE) who wrote biographies and essays that often included philosophical ideas and arguments.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    dominion(describing the extent of control a concept has)

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    Complete power or control over something or someone.
    rationality(Traditional conception being challenged by epistemic relativists)
    A cognitive virtue and hallmark of the scientific method, intimately tied to requirements of consistency, justification, warrant, and evidence for beliefs.
    sovereign(Kant's civil state theory)
    The people united in the civil state, as distinguished from the individual members who are subjects obligated to obey the head of state.

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