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    It is not the case that The Form of the F cannot be one, contradicting the Oneness of Forms.

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    • 1.By Causality, sensible F things A, B, and C are F by virtue of partaking of the Form of the F.
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    • 2.Under the Piece-of-Pie Model, there is a part of the Form of the F in each of A, B, and C.
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    • 3.To avoid the absurdity of the same part existing as a whole in separate places simultaneously, the part of the Form of the F in A must be numerically distinct from the part in B and the part in C.
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    • 1.On the Magnitude Model (Parmenides 131c-e), if the Form is like a magnitude, then F particulars each possess the whole Form, making the Form wholly present in multiple places simultaneously.
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    • 2.Whatever is wholly present as a numerically single entity in multiple spatially distinct locations is not numerically one but is multiply instantiated, violating Platonic Oneness.
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    • 3.The Magnitude Model and the Piece-of-Pie Model are exhaustive of how a Form can be present in particulars, and both entail that the Form is not one.
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    • 1.Proclus and the Neoplatonic tradition held that genuine unity requires self-identity without internal differentiation; anything that grounds distinct relational properties in distinct particulars thereby exhibits internal differentiation.
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    • 2.The Form of the F, as cause of F-ness in numerically distinct particulars A and B, must ground numerically distinct instances of F-ness, introducing real internal differentiation into the Form itself.
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    • 3.A Form that is internally differentiated by its causal relations to distinct particulars cannot satisfy the criterion of strict numerical oneness required by the Theory of Forms.
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