If the infinite richness of attributes is not accidental but essential to what it means to be the one ultimate reality, then being-one and being-many are not mutually exclusive at the divine level.

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Essential(describes what separation and unity would need to be): Absolutely necessary or fundamental—something that must be present for something else to exist or work.
accidental(describing kinematic motion as non-essential): In philosophy, a property that something can gain or lose without changing what it fundamentally is (unlike essential properties that define the thing itself).
attributes(Lowe's four-category ontology): A category of universal property that characterizes kinds and is exemplified by objects.
being-many(as used in metaphysics): The quality or state of having multiplicity or variety; being composed of many different things rather than just one.
being-one(as used in metaphysics): The quality or state of being a single, unified thing rather than many separate things.
divine level(as used in theology and metaphysics): The level or realm of God or the ultimate divine reality, as opposed to the human or material level.
mutually exclusive(in logic): Two things are mutually exclusive when they cannot both be true or both happen at the same time.
ultimate reality(Bradley 1893: 136 [1897: 120]): That which does not contradict itself; the standard of non-contradiction serves as an absolute criterion for what qualifies as ultimately real.

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