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    The composite being's existence is inferior and deficient... — Carmelics
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    The composite being's existence is inferior and deficient relative to the simple being's existence

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    the existence of the latter is not the existence of the former, rather the essence of the former is simple and indivisible and the essence of the latter is divisible, and therefore the latter has two parts by which it is constituted, and therefore its existence has a cause, and therefore its existence is inferior to the existence of the former and deficient in comparison with it, and therefore it is not existence in the first rank, (Walzer 1985, 60,9–13)

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