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    Plutarch's model conflates a soul that *predominates* ove... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Even when rationality prevails in the world soul, there is room for disharmony and disorder in the cosmos

    Plutarch's model conflates a soul that *predominates* over irrationality with one that *rules* it, making the world soul's rationality merely partial, not sovereign.

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    • 1.Predominance requires ongoing resistance from an inferior force; true rule would eliminate resistance entirely, suggesting Plutarch's world soul merely suppresses irrationality.
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    • 2.If rationality were sovereign, cosmic order would be necessary rather than contingent; Plutarch's system shows contingency, indicating rational control rather than absolute dominion.
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    • 3.The distinction between predominance and rule maps onto the difference between hegemonic power and metaphysical necessity—Plutarch's language suggests the former, not the latter.
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    • 1.The claim equivocates between logical and temporal concepts: predominance may imply sovereignty when understood as explanatory primacy rather than as active suppression.
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    • 2.Plutarch explicitly describes the world soul's rational principle as governing motion and order; the texts don't clearly support a 'merely partial' rationality interpretation.
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    • 3.Even sovereign rule in finite systems involves degrees of implementation; distinguishing rule from predominance requires a conception of sovereignty that classical metaphysics may not employ.
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