Rather, as the tenth point, it should be said:

What he has described is intrinsically impossible. For our supposing something that acts for a final cause, not for an intended end, is like supposing something that comes into being without an efficient cause; both are intrinsically impossible. Hence they concede that nothing among existing things is like this, apart from what they claim concerning the Necessary Existent.

Yet they contradict themselves on this point. Sometimes they explicitly state that He acts with an intended end and out of mercy; at other times they say that He has neither will nor intention. Given their contradictory statements, it becomes clear that no rational person has maintained a consistent position affirming the existence of a being with this attribute, whom they have called “generous.”

The eleventh point:

It should be said: The statement, “Generosity is bestowing what is appropriate without any purpose,” is ambiguous, admitting both truth and falsehood; indeed, its apparent meaning