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    It is not the case that Socrates is not identical to his humanity.

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    • 1.For Socrates, to be is precisely to be this particular human being, making his humanity constitutive of his very identity, not merely a property he bears.
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    • 2.If Socrates cannot exist without his humanity, and his humanity cannot be instantiated without being Socrates's humanity, the two are mutually individuating and thus identical.
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    • 1.Aristotle's hylomorphism holds that a substance just is the composite of its form and matter, so Socrates's humanity (his form) is not a distinct thing he has but what he fundamentally is.
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    • 2.On a strict Aristotelian reading, saying 'Socrates is not identical to his humanity' conflates the composite substance with an abstracted universal, obscuring that his individual humanity just is his substantial form.
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    • There is more to Socrates than his humanity, even though he cannot exist without it.
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