[“God Recognizing Himself₃” brings “the spontaneous order and the creature₂” into relation to “the potential inherent in the creature₁“.

If a creature realizes itself by self-destruction, the realization of its potential is situated in the spontaneous order.

Both “the self-destruction of the creature and the adaptation in the spontaneous order₂” are contextualized by God₃.

This simple thought experiment shows the value of the nested formulation.

When a modern presents a rhetorical question, ‘he’ anticipates one answer instead of three.

Does the creature cease to exist?

The answer is No₃( Maybe₂ and Yes₂( Who knows what potentially remains?₁)).]