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    It is not the case that Terminological divergence between scholastics does not entail doctrinal conflict if the underlying metaphysical commitments yield identical accounts of soul-body unity.

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    • 1.Terminology and metaphysical commitment are inseparable; how we describe reality shapes what we're actually claiming about it.
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    • 2.Scholastics explicitly debated whether 'form,' 'essence,' and 'actuality' referred to identical or distinct metaphysical entities.
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    • 3.Claiming identical accounts requires demonstrating equivalence—difficult when scholastics disagreed on causal powers and composition.
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    • 1.Metaphysical reality is logically prior to linguistic convention; different terms can denote identical underlying structures.
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    • 2.Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle used different hylomorphic language yet described identical soul-body substantial unity.
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    • 3.Doctrinal conflict requires substantive disagreement about what exists or how it functions, not merely terminological variation.
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