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    It is not the case that Lefèvre's adoption of latitude-of-forms vocabulary borrows tools whose internal logic subverts qualitative Aristotelian ontology from within.

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    • 1.Latitude-of-forms vocabulary remained compatible with Aristotelian categories; medieval scholars used both without systematic contradiction.
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    • 2.Claiming internal subversion requires showing Lefèvre consciously exploited logical tensions, not merely applied existing mathematical tools.
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    • 3.Aristotelian ontology accommodated accidental modification independently; gradated qualities don't necessarily undermine substance-accident doctrine.
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    • 1.Latitude-of-forms quantifies qualities previously treated as indivisible, introducing gradation where Aristotle demanded categorical distinction.
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    • 2.Mathematical formalization of intensities bypasses substance metaphysics, making quality logically independent of essential being.
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    • 3.Lefèvre's adoption reveals internal tensions in Aristotelian essentialism that medieval logicians could only resolve by abandoning substance priority.
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