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    Supports→There must be at least three forms of largeness (L1, L2, and L3).

    There is now a new plurality of large things: A, B, C, L1, and L2.

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    Non-Identity: L3 is numerically distinct from both L1 and L2.One-over-Many: for any plurality of large things, there is a single form of larg...Self-Predication: L2 is itself large.There must be at least three forms of largeness (L1, L2, and L3).

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    Therefore there is a form L3 by virtue of which A, B, C, L1, and L2 are large.

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    Self-Predication: L2 is itself large.84%There must be at least two forms of largeness (L1 and L2).82%At each stage, Self-Predication entails that the newly introduced form...81%Therefore there is a form L3 by virtue of which A, B, C, L1, and L2 ar...81%

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    (Notice that Non-Identity follows directly from Separation.) From the fact that L1 partakes of L2, Non-Identity entails that L2 is numerically distinct from L1. Thus, there must be at least two forms of largeness, L1 and L2. But this is not all. By Self-Predication, L2 is large. So there is now a new plurality of large things, A, B, C, L1, and L2. Thus, by One-over-Many, there is a form of largeness (call it “L3”) by virtue of partaking of which A, B, C, L1, and L2 are large. Hence L1 and L2 bo

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