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    Supports→The Form of the F cannot be one, contradicting the Oneness of Forms.

    Proclus and the Neoplatonic tradition held that genuine unity requires self-identity without internal differentiation; anything that grounds distinct relational properties in distinct particulars thereby exhibits internal differentiation.

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    Internal differentiation(as a property being discussed about God's nature)
    The quality of having distinct, separate parts or differences within something; in this case, whether God has different qualities or aspects within God's being.
    Neoplatonic tradition(as the philosophical framework Proclus worked within)
    A school of philosophy based on the ideas of Plato, which taught that reality has different levels, with the highest level being pure unity and goodness, and lower levels being more material and divided.
    Proclus
    Proclus was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived from 412-485 CE and is famous for being one of the last great thinkers of the classical world. He developed important ideas about mathematics, geometry, and how we understand reality, building on the work of Plato and other earlier philosophers. He matters today because his writings preserved and explained ancient Greek ideas that might otherwise have been lost, and his work on geometry influenced how mathematics was taught for centuries afterward.
    Self-identity
    The property expressed by x=x, that every object is identical to itself; a logical truth under every interpretation.

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    particulars(Buddhist epistemology (pramāṇa theory))
    The actual objects of the world that are directly accessible only through perception and are ineffable — they cannot be captured or referred to by words
    relational properties(Contrasted with intrinsic properties in the property-dualist two-aspects theory)
    Properties of objects that appear to us and are spatial and temporal
    unity(Derived from being by adding the notion of indivision alone.)
    Being that is undivided; the concept of being with the purely negative addition of indivision.

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