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    If the property of being-one applies to multiple ontologi... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Uniqueness is false.

    If the property of being-one applies to multiple ontological levels—the One, Intellect, Soul—then uniqueness of a single Form of oneness is structurally incoherent.

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    • 1.A single Form cannot simultaneously ground both its own unity and the unity of fundamentally different ontological levels without self-application.
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    • 2.If being-one operates at multiple levels, each level's oneness requires explanation; a univocal Form cannot explain ontologically distinct unities.
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    • 3.Self-predication (the Form being-one being itself one) creates infinite regress unless uniqueness is abandoned for hierarchical plurality.
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    • 1.Analogical participation allows one Form to apply at multiple levels without univocal repetition or self-application paradox.
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    • 2.Structural coherence requires only logical non-contradiction, not that ontological causes match their effects' metaphysical status.
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    • 3.Platonic Forms exist outside ordinary logical space; uniqueness and multiplicity can both hold at the transcendent level without incoherence.
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