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    Challenges→God's omnipotence is constrained by His wisdom such that not all of God's volitions become practical volitions

    Therefore, the model of wisdom 'holding volitions in check' presupposes an incoherent internal division within an absolutely simple being.

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    • 1.Absolute simplicity entails no internal distinctions, parts, or potentialities that could resist actualization.
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    • 2.Checking or restraining volitions requires an internal conflict between desire and restraint—a real composition.
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    • 3.A being that cannot have internal divisions cannot perform actions requiring self-mastery or volitional restraint.
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    • 1.Simple beings can perform complex acts through unified operations; simplicity doesn't preclude sophisticated capacities.
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    • 2.'Holding in check' may describe an external rational ordering rather than internal conflict within the agent.
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    • 3.An absolutely simple intellect could unify volition and restraint in a single, undivided act of rational will.
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