then it is clear that these qualities are not exclusive to the adherents of one view rather than the other. Indeed, examination shows that those who dispute his view have sounder intellects, sharper minds, clearer understanding, and fewer inconsistencies. At the very least, his claim can be countered with an equivalent claim.

The sixth point is this: Grant that this is intelligible and conceivable as a mental possibility. What evidence is there that He neither inheres in a substrate nor shares a location with the world, if you say that He is not outside the world? Your opponent maintains that His not sharing a location with the world is known only because He is distinct from the world in direction. If, then, He is assumed to be distinct from the world only in essence and time, but not in direction, this alone does not preclude His inhering in the world or serving as its substrate—as with a substance and its accident. Their distinction in essence and time does not prevent them from sharing a location. You must therefore provide evidence demonstrating that He does not share a location with the world if His distinction from it in direction is established. Yet you have offered no argument for this that would complete what you have stated