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    It is not the case that If real conceptual distinctions within God are coherent, then the First may have a form of internal differentiation without causal dependence on anything prior.

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    • 1.If distinctions are purely conceptual, they depend on minds apprehending them—making God's nature mind-dependent.
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    • 2.Real distinctions require ontological grounds; calling them 'real' while denying real difference amounts to equivocation.
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    • 3.Internal complexity in any form introduces composition, contradicting the traditional doctrine of divine simplicity.
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    • 1.Conceptual distinctions (like justice vs. mercy) can be real without requiring temporal priority or external causation.
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    • 2.An absolutely simple being can possess multiple attributes that are identical in reality but distinguishable in thought.
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    • 3.Internal differentiation through conceptual relations avoids both pantheism and the incoherence of absolute uniformity.
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