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    It is not the case that Substance must possess infinite attributes.

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    • 1.Infinity of being does not entail infinity of attributes; a being can be unlimited in existence while determinate in its modes of expression.
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    • 2.Aquinas's God is unlimited in esse yet possesses attributes only analogically, not as an infinite enumerable set of discrete properties.
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    • 3.The inference from 'unlimited' to 'possessing all attributes' equivocates between quantitative infinity and qualitative completeness.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant's critique of the ontological argument shows that existence and perfection-predicates cannot be derived from mere conceptual analysis of unlimited being.
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    • 2.If 'unlimited' cannot analytically ground existence, it equally cannot ground the possession of infinite determinate attributes, which are synthetic claims about substance's nature.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Substance is pure, utterly unlimited being (derived from a variation of the ontological argument).
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    • 2.Because substance is unlimited, substance must possess unlimited attributes.
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    • 3.Because substance is unlimited, substance must possess all attributes.
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