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    Challenges→Substance must possess infinite attributes.

    If 'unlimited' cannot analytically ground existence, it equally cannot ground the possession of infinite determinate attributes, which are synthetic claims about substance's nature.

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    analytically ground(as used in metaphysics and logic)
    To prove or explain something by breaking it down into its basic logical parts, where the explanation is already contained in the definition of the thing itself.
    existence(Kant's analysis in the Critique of Pure Reason as applied to the ontological argument)
    Not a real predicate or positive determination; it does not add to or enlarge the concept of a subject.
    infinite determinate attributes(as used in metaphysics)
    Unlimited number of specific, distinct qualities or characteristics that something possesses.
    substance(Spinoza's metaphysics; criteria include (i) necessity and (ii) self-subsistence)
    The fundamental existent that is wholly necessary and self-subsistent, not depending on anything else for its existence

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    synthetic claims(as used in epistemology and logic)
    Statements about the world that cannot be proven just by understanding the definitions of the words—you have to actually observe or investigate reality to know if they're true.
    unlimited(Presocratic cosmology)
    A continuum not yet limited in any way; the surrounding expanse from which time, breath, and void are drawn into the cosmos

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