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    It is not the case that Participation arguments establish only that creatures derive goodness *from* the One, not that the One *is* identical with Goodness itself.

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    • 1.Deriving goodness 'from' the One requires the One to be fundamentally good; otherwise, non-good sources could not yield genuinely good effects.
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    • 2.The distinction between 'is Goodness' and 'possesses Goodness' collapses at the level of the One, since it cannot have properties it does not constitute.
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    • 3.If participation establishes the One as the source of all goodness, identity with Goodness follows as the most parsimonious explanation of its causal power.
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    • 1.Participation implies a relation between distinct relata: the One and participating creatures cannot be identical if one participates in the other.
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    • 2.If the One were identical with Goodness, all goodness would be exhausted in the One, leaving no remainder for creatures to participate in.
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    • 3.Neoplatonic metaphysics requires the One to transcend all determinate properties, including the determination 'Goodness,' to preserve its absolute simplicity.
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