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    It is not the case that The satisfaction of condition (i) alone does not entail necessitarianism

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    • 1.In Spinoza's system, Substance necessarily exists and is the sole causal ground of all modes, satisfying condition (ii) by default.
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    • 2.If the only existing substance exists necessarily, then condition (ii) is structurally pre-satisfied for every mode that follows from it.
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    • 3.Therefore, the satisfaction of condition (i) alone is sufficient for necessitarianism given Spinoza's prior commitment to a single necessary substance.
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    • 1.Leibniz argued that a God who acts from necessary nature collapses modal distinction, making contingency unintelligible from the ground up.
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    • 2.If condition (i) reflects the nature of an infinite, necessarily existing being, its causal outputs inherit that necessity without requiring a separate condition (ii).
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    • 3.Separating conditions (i) and (ii) artificially fragments what is a single metaphysical entailment in rationalist substance ontology.
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    • 1.Necessitarianism requires both condition (i) and condition (ii) of the modal transfer principle to be universally satisfied
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    • 2.Condition (ii) requires that what a mode follows from exists necessarily
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    • 3.It has not yet been established whether condition (ii) is universally satisfied
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