philosophy. He said:

“Chapter Two: On the Oneness of the Necessary Existent, That It Has Neither Opposite nor Equal, and That It Is Eternal and Beginningless

As for the Necessary Existent being one, admitting neither multiplicity nor sharing, this is because, if the designation ‘Necessary Existent’ were shared by two things, those two things would either be alike in every respect, differ in every respect, or be alike in some respects but not others. If they were alike in every respect, there would be no multiplicity, since multiplicity without a distinguishing feature is impossible. If they differed in every respect,