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    It is not the case that If universality and individuality are formally distinct in re, then one entity simultaneously instantiates contradictory modes of being without a principium individuationis.

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    • 1.A principium individuationis is precisely what explains how one entity avoids contradictory modes; denying it renders the problem unsolved, not solved.
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    • 2.Formal distinction in re between universality and individuality requires independent existence; but universals qua universals cannot exist independently in particulars.
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    • 3.Invoking 'modes of being' merely relabels the contradiction without addressing whether distinct modes can coherently inhere in a single substance.
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    • 1.Entities exhibit both universal properties (humanity) and particular traits (this person's unique history) simultaneously without reduction to either.
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    • 2.Without formal distinction in re, universals collapse into nominalism or particulars into Platonic abstraction—both metaphysically implausible.
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    • 3.Apparent contradiction dissolves if we recognize distinct modes of being as complementary aspects rather than competing instantiations.
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