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    It is not the case that Plotinus's One transcends being entirely, suggesting that the highest principle is neither being-by-substance nor being-by-participation but prior to both categories.

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    • 1.Claiming the One transcends being while calling it 'the highest principle' uses being-language, creating self-referential incoherence.
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    • 2.If the One truly transcends all categories, we cannot meaningfully distinguish it from non-existence or make any claims about it.
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    • 3.Plotinus must assume being applies to the One to ground causality, making transcendence of being philosophically inconsistent.
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    • 1.Language and categories describing being inevitably fail at ultimate principles, requiring transcendence of all predicative frameworks.
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    • 2.If the One were being-by-substance or participation, it would depend on Form of Being, making it derivative rather than ultimate.
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    • 3.Mystical experience reports describe encountering reality beyond conceptual dualities, supporting trans-categorical metaphysics.
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