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    It is not the case that No person is a property instance—not God, not me, not Socrates.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Bundle theory (Hume, Russell) holds that concrete individuals just are clusters of co-instantiated properties, not substances distinct from them.
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    • 2.If bundle theory is correct, a person just is a property instance or set thereof, undermining the premise that persons are categorically distinct from property instances.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Platonist theologians like Plotinus identify the One with the Form of the Good, treating the highest being as identical to a universal or pure actuality.
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    • 2.If divine simplicity requires God to be identical to His own nature, and natures are abstract property-like entities, then God's mode of existence may be sui generis and not governed by the concrete/abstract distinction that applies to creatures like Socrates.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Concrete individuals cannot be identified with property instances.
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    • 2.Persons (including God) are concrete individuals.
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