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    Uniqueness is false. — Carmelics
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    Uniqueness is false.

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    • 1.Plato's Third Man Argument in Parmenides 132a-b demonstrates that positing a unique Form for each property generates an infinite regress of Forms.
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    • 2.An infinite regress of Forms for a single property entails that no Form is uniquely 'the one' Form, falsifying uniqueness of Forms.
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    • 3.Aristotle's Metaphysics 990b17 confirms this regress as a genuine refutation of Platonic uniqueness, not merely a dialectical exercise.
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    • 1.Neoplatonists like Plotinus in Enneads V.3 argue that the One transcends all predication, meaning no single Form can uniquely instantiate unity.
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    • 2.If the property of being-one applies to multiple ontological levels—the One, Intellect, Soul—then uniqueness of a single Form of oneness is structurally incoherent.
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    • 1.D2 contains an argument that if the one is, then there are infinitely many forms of oneness.
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    • 2.D5 and D6 together entail that the one is.
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    • 3.If there are infinitely many forms of oneness, then there must be more than one form corresponding to the property of being one.
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    Yet another alternative is that detailed logical analysis of the Deductions reveals arguments sufficient to establish both that the one is and, importantly, that principles such as Purity-F and Uniqueness are false. As Rickless (2007, 136–137 and 211) argues, Purity-F is a background premise of both D1 and D4. Taken together, then, D1 and D2 are sufficient to establish that a contradiction follows from the hypothesis that the one is, on the assumption that Purity-F is true. That is, D1 and D2 to
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