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    It is not the case that The omniscience of God is dependent on God, and not vice versa.

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    • 1.The set/{7} analogy fails because sets are abstract objects ontologically posterior to their members by standard mereological principles.
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    • 2.God's omniscience, unlike a set, is not composed of God as a constituent element but is classically identified as a divine perfection co-eternal with God.
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    • 3.Aquinas and the classical theist tradition hold that divine attributes are not accidents inhering in God but are identical to the divine essence, dissolving the asymmetry.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.If God is identical to His omniscience (as divine simplicity demands), then no asymmetric dependence relation can hold between them.
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    • 2.Asymmetric dependence requires numerical distinctness between relata, which the doctrine of divine simplicity explicitly denies.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.x can depend on y even if both are necessary beings.
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    • 2.The set {7} depends on 7 for its existence and necessity, not vice versa, even though both are necessary.
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