| 1. | God is omnipotent.
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 | 2. | If I can clearly and
distinctly imagine X as Y, then God can make X be Y. (1)
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| 3. | If God can make my mind and body be separate, then my
mind and body are different things.
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| 4. | The essence of my mind is that it is a thinking thing.
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| 5. | The essence of my body is that is not that it is a
thinking thing.
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 | 6. | I can clearly and
distinctly imagine my mind and body as separate. (4, 5)
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 | 7. | God can make my mind
and my body be separate. (6, 2)
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 | 8. | My mind and my body
are different things. (7, 3)
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