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    It is not the case that If spatial extension is an intrinsic determination of corporeality rather than an accidental property, then removing all determinations eliminates body itself rather than yielding an undetermined residue.

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    • 1.The distinction between intrinsic and accidental is itself contestable; substance might persist through property loss without being destroyed.
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    • 2.Undetermined matter (prime matter) in Aristotelian metaphysics is real yet spaceless, suggesting substrate can exist independent of spatial determination.
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    • 3.Removing all determinations is a limiting case never actually achievable, so the claim makes assertions about a metaphysically impossible scenario.
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    • 1.Intrinsic properties define what something fundamentally is; removing them destroys the entity's essential nature, not just its accidents.
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    • 2.Body without spatial extension is conceptually incoherent—we cannot even imagine matter occupying zero space, suggesting extension is constitutive.
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    • 3.If we could strip away spatial extension and something remained, that residue would be non-corporeal, proving extension was intrinsic to corporeality.
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