Accordingly, if two Lords are posited, each must possess power inseparable from his essence, for which he has no need of another. Acting through that power would therefore be possible. Thus, each Lord must be capable of acting through his own power alone, without needing another.

It is therefore impossible for two Lords to exist, each possessing these qualities. For if each could act independently, he could act without the other, and the other could likewise act without him. Yet this is impossible: if one performed an act independently, the other could neither perform that same act nor share in performing it. Each would therefore be incapable of whatever the other performs. It would also follow that neither could act unless the other enabled him to do so by refraining from performing that act himself. Thus, each would be powerless and incapable of acting.

Yet it has already been established that each must be capable of acting. Two contradictories would therefore have to hold simultaneously. It would also follow that one could possess power only if the other lacked it; thus each would have to possess power and lack it. This is a second instance of two contradictories being affirmed together.

It is therefore clear that the Creator must possess, in Himself, the power to act independently.

This alone is a sufficient proof.

In that case, one must necessarily be more powerful than the other, which entails that some would rise above others.