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    It is not the case that Richard Swinburne argues that omnipotence is best understood as the power to do anything logically possible for a being of one's nature, not absolute maximal power.

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    • 1.If omnipotence is limited by nature, then God's nature—not God—becomes the ultimate constraint, challenging divine ultimacy.
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    • 2.Defining omnipotence relative to 'one's nature' makes it comparative, not absolute; a lesser being with the same nature would be equally omnipotent.
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    • 3.Classical theology requires God able to do what creatures cannot; nature-relative omnipotence fails to guarantee this uniqueness.
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    • 1.Logical impossibilities are incoherent (e.g., square circles), so requiring their achievement makes omnipotence conceptually incoherent.
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    • 2.A being's nature legitimately constrains its powers; God's goodness nature prevents doing evil, yet God remains omnipotent.
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    • 3.This definition preserves omnipotence's coherence while maintaining it as the maximal power logically available to any being.
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