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    It is not the case that Occam's Razor favors the Neoplatonic emanationist account, which explains disharmony without requiring Plutarch's dualistic world-soul structure.

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    • 1.Emanationism's infinite chain of intermediaries between The One and matter may multiply hidden entities beyond Plutarch's two principles.
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    • 2.Dualism directly addresses the hard problem of evil via agent conflict; emanationism's 'necessary degradation' lacks explanatory force for moral disharmony.
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    • 3.Occam's Razor favors simplicity in assumptions, not ontological levels—Plutarch's framework may be simpler for human ethical experience.
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    • 1.Emanationism requires only one causal principle (The One), while dualism posits two independent cosmic forces, violating parsimony.
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    • 2.Emanationism explains gradations of reality and imperfection through necessary ontological hierarchy, not ad hoc soul conflict.
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    • 3.Plutarch's dualism struggles to explain why a good world-soul permits evil without introducing further explanatory entities.
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