Suppose you hold to the essence/existence ontology of Aviccena and like him believe that there is a fundamental entity which is essenceless existence, on which all entities that are composed of essence and existence depend, and conclude that such an entity must exist necessarily*, what else might you conclude about this entity?
I think you might be able to draw out the further entailement that this entity is perfect and be able to do so along the following lines:
- There are entities that are combinations of essence and existence.
- There can only be entities that are combinations of essence and existence, if there exists an essenceless fundamental entity.
- An entity can only be imperfect in virtue of having an essence.
- If (3), then an essenceless entity cannot be imperfect.
- An entity must be either perfect or imperfect.
- If (4) and (5), then an essenceless entity must be perfect.
- Therefore, there exists an essenceless fundamental entity that is perfect. (conclusion, from 1-6)
* My admittedly limited understanding of Avicenna’s views is based on the following article: Ayşenur Ünügür Tabur, “The Relevance of Kant’s Objection to the Ontological Arguments and Avicenna’s Exploration of Existence as an Alternative Grouding,” European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 18:2 (2022): 5-27.