Therefore, the inference from divine friendship-love to numerical distinctness of Father and Son does not follow, since reflexive love within a single numerically identical being is conceivable.
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Reflexive love(as used in philosophy of emotion and metaphysics)
Love that something directs back toward itself—like how you might have affection for your own well-being or identity.
conceivable(The constrained definition of conceivability adopted for the conceivability argument.)
A is conceivable if and only if not-A cannot be ruled out a priori (i.e., A cannot be known a priori to be false).
divine(Cross 2009: 453)
Having the properties of being necessary, necessarily omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, immutable, impassible, and impeccable
inference(Nyāya epistemology)
A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known