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    It is not the case that It may not be possible to conceptualize a simple God by assigning him to a familiar category.

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    • 1.Aquinas's analogical predication allows concepts to apply to God neither univocally nor equivocally, but proportionally, bypassing strict categorical membership.
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    • 2.A term like 'good' can meaningfully apply to God via analogy of attribution without requiring God to fall under the same genus as finite goods.
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    • 3.Therefore, conceptualization through analogical language is coherent even for a being that transcends all familiar categories.
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    • 1.Negative theology (apophasis), developed by Pseudo-Dionysius and Maimonides, holds that God is conceptualized precisely by systematically negating finite predicates, not by categorial inclusion.
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    • 2.The via negativa produces genuine cognitive content about God's nature—ruling out composition, change, and limitation—without assigning God to any familiar category.
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    • 3.A conceptual practice grounded in systematic negation constitutes a coherent form of conceptualization even for a radically sui generis being.
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    • 1.The doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) implies that God is utterly sui generis and unique in his very mode of uniqueness.
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    • 2.To conceptualize a simple God, we must assign him to some familiar category.
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    • 3.It is unclear how assigning God to a familiar category is possible if God is utterly sui generis and unique in his very mode of uniqueness.
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