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There are found in the intelligences both potency and act but not matter and form

Negation: There are not found in the intelligences both potency and act, or matter and form are found in the intelligences 0 0 0
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Arguments

Argument #fedd780c 1 0 2

If it is true that...

The intelligences are form and existence and have existence from the first being, which is existence alone, and this is the first cause, which is God 1 0 2

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A quiddity or form that is an intelligence is in potency with respect to the existence that it receives from God, and this received existence is received as its act 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

There are found in the intelligences both potency and act but not matter and form 1 0 2

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Consequences

Argument #a465f033 1 0 2

If it is true that...

A quiddity or form that is an intelligence is in potency with respect to the existence that it receives from God, and this received existence is received as its act 1 0 2

and

There are found in the intelligences both potency and act but not matter and form 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Existence received from God allows substances to subsist in the nature of things 1 0 2

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