The 'traversal' objection conflates the perspective of an external counter with the intrinsic structure of the series, committing a category error Aquinas himself implicitly acknowledged in the Summa Theologiae Ia, q.46.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
Category error(as used in logic and philosophy of language): A logical mistake where you apply a rule or concept to something it doesn't actually fit, like using a math formula on a poem.
Ia, q.46(as scholarly notation for locating passages): A way of citing exactly where something appears in Aquinas's Summa—Part 1, Question 46—like a chapter and verse number.
Summa Theologiae(as a reference to a specific text): Aquinas's massive written work that systematically explains Christian beliefs and arguments—basically his attempt to answer major theological and philosophical questions.

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