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    It is not the case that The principle that nothing moves toward its own destruction applies to substances, but motion is a mode, not a substance with self-preservation.

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    • 1.The distinction between substance and mode may be ontologically unstable—modes might be partially constitutive of substance identity.
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    • 2.If motion exhibits lawful patterns and resistance to change, it possesses functional self-preservation regardless of categorical status.
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    • 3.Why should non-substances be exempt from natural laws? The principle might apply universally or to neither category equally.
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    • 1.Substances possess intrinsic natures that resist their own dissolution, making self-destruction metaphysically incoherent for them.
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    • 2.Modes are dependent properties lacking independent existence, so they cannot possess the teleological drive to self-preserve.
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    • 3.A mode like motion derives its continuation from external substances, not from any internal principle opposing destruction.
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