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    It is not the case that Leftow's defense that a distance of zero is just an absence of distance fails.

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    • A distance of zero would seem to be a distance, not an absence of distance.
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    • 1.In metric space theory, a distance of zero between two distinct points violates the identity of indiscernibles, entailing the points are identical.
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    • 2.If God and temporal moments are numerically distinct yet at zero distance, Leftow's account collapses into a contradiction by metric axioms.
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    • 3.A genuine absence of distance requires non-relational separation, not a limiting case of a relational magnitude that presupposes the relata.
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    • 1.Aquinas distinguishes privation from negation: zero distance is a privation of magnitude, which still posits a relational framework between terms.
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    • 2.Leftow's 'absence' reading smuggles in a negation where the mathematics demands a privation, conflating distinct ontological categories.
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