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Introduction
Really simple this time, just as the title says, the Source should be a Type 1 concept.
Independent Universal Concepts: Such concepts are completely independent from the part of reality they govern, except maybe of other concepts of this nature
Source/Root
The source is the fundamental concept of existence, and it defines all aspects of an individual.It exists beyond the body, soul and mindThe fundamental concept of existence that all living things hold within them. An excellent magician can be reincarnated with the memories of their life kept in their source, and even if the physical body perishes, as long as the source is intact, they can be revived.
-LN Volume 1 Keyword
And it exists across and governs the individuals past, present and futureTo begin with, magic power is created from the magical source in our bodies. To put it simply, it's the soul, the psyche, but the source exists even deeper in the abyss, and it's what makes us who we are.
-LN Volume 1 Chapter 6
Gavuel was a forbidden spell that forcefully released all the magic of
one’s source to spark an explosion of light magic. That is, it was a suicidal
source explosion that expended not only one’s life, but all their future lives
by releasing the magic that would have spanned those generations.
-LN Volume 3 Chapter 25
“Now do you understand? Having your source wounded is an agony
worse than death. Condensing every imaginable pain in this world into one
would still be incomparable. After all, the deaths of your infinite number of
future incarnations are occurring all at once.”
-LN Volume 3 Chapter 27
Reality
As established in the introduction above, what the source governs is a person's existence across the past present and future. It exists deeper than the body, mind & soul and is independent of them.
Body
Not much needs to be said here. By default anything done to the body is absolutely inconsequential and has no effect on the source. Even when a person is erased it does nothing to the source.The source remembers the individual thus even if they're erased, it's possible to completely restore them.“I asked what you were trying to do.” I summoned Beno Ievun directly
inside Diego’s body.
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!”
Swallowed by the aurora of darkness, Diego vanished without a trace.
Then, cutting my finger with the nail of my thumb, I spilled one drop of
blood before me.
Ingall resurrected Diego’s body.
-LN Volume 3 Chapter 26.
Soul
The soul plays no role whatsoever in the functionality or the existence of the source. By definition, the source exists separate and deeper than the soul which should be enough to prove this but here's more evidence;Exhibit A: Sasha and Misha
Sasha and Misha who were separated at birth were going to be returned to one. It's noted that what was split was their source yet, the result ended up dividing both their body and soul.“Misha Necron doesn’t exist.”
Ah, I see. So that’s what it was. Now I could see the big picture.
“In other words, you were originally a part of Sasha,” I concluded.
Misha blinked twice in surprise. “How did you know?”
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“I’m guessing it was a spell like Dielga. A separated source and body
eventually revert to their original state.”
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"Not even you can help me, Anos. I never existed to begin with. I’m just
returning to my original state. I’m not going to die; I’m just going to disappear.
There’s no way of reviving me.”
Ingall resurrected the dead by restoring the soul—or, if one looked into the
abyss, the source at the root of one’s magic—that lingered after death. However,
Misha’s source had originally been Sasha’s. If I used Ingall after she
disappeared, the source used for her resurrection would no longer exist.
“A body and soul cannot remain split forever.”
-LN Volume 1 Chapter 22.
“Inshort,I’mgoingtosendyoursourcesfifteenyearsintothepast,where
you’llfindyournewlysplitsource.Inboththepastandpresent,yoursourcewas
originallyone.MishaandSashaarethesameperson.Thepastandpresent
Mishaarealsothesameperson.Whenthetwosourcestrytobecomeone,the
pastMisha’ssourcecanbefusedwithhercurrentsource.Thesamegoesfor
Sasha.”
-LN Volume 1 Chapter 25.
As noted, a separated body and soul eventually revert to their original state, they can't remain divided forever. They were sent back in time to fuse with their past selves and once again, all that was fused were their sources yet it also resulted in their body and soul becoming whole once again.
Exhibit B: Ennesuone
Ennesuone is a new Order which Militia created. Because of the nature of her Order was in conflict with all other Orders, she was born incomplete and among the things she was deprived of for her birth to be complete was a soul without a body. In other words her source could still exist without a soul."This child, Ennesuone, is the new order that Militia has entrusted to me. She must have wished to be born by the authority of Wenzel, the god of birth."
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"I'm not certain if it has anything to do with it, but Ennesuone is only born incomplete. There is something she is missing. I am sure that Militia knew what it was. And perhaps--"
"Ennesuone herself must have known it?"
Wenzel nods.
"It was also Ennesuone who knew that you would eventually head for the Azure Sky of the Gods. That would be the word that Militia entrusted to her. If she could be born, even imperfectly, surely she would remember Militia's message perfectly."
-WN Chapter 402.
"What other reason could there be for Ennesuone not to be born?"
"There is only one left. She was deprived of what she needed to be born."
Wenzel replies.
Hm. I've already heard that. A mindless puppet, a vessel without magic, a soul without a body."
-WN Chapter 403
Mind
Not much to prove here. It's been handled in a past thread already that the source is independent of the Mind based on characters being able to think with only their source, cast magic as just a source, store memories within their source.Counter Arguments
1.) Normally when this is discussed, there's always those with the opinion
to which I say, no this is false.Type 1 require the concept to be independent from universal reality, not just independent from singular person or a group, it govern
"Reality" simply refers to what the concept governs, it doesn't require it to be independent of and govern universal reality. It only requires it to be independent of and govern the reality it participates in even if it's a simple object as long as it governs all instances of the object which the source does as confirmed by staff and a knowledgeable member on CM
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2.) During the last attempt at this, the major argument against the upgrade as stated by knowledgeable member @imZer0Null was
Firstly, don't get me wrong, what he stated is absolutely correct but something is missing from all this and that's the Order of Reincarnation.When a person dies by almost any means, e.g. by being decapitated or by having their physical body destroyed, their source and consciousness will remain for a short while (presumably at least 3 sec, tho we've seen more powerful characters remain as only a source for a longer time), before "ascending to heaven and dying".
If they cannot resurrect or reincarnate themselves via magic, it is said to be equivalent to source destruction. This is because their source changes form, changes power, and loses memory, essentially becoming a different source, before it governs the person's existence when they are naturally reborn.
In short, the source is slightly independent from the object it governs, that being a person's existence, but when a person dies, the source changes form and governs the naturally reborn person's existence, meaning it basically changed which object it governs.
Therefore, it is not completely independent from the object it governs and does not qualify as a type 1 concept.
As established from past CRT's Order are the Laws, Concepts, Fate that govern reality and all Orders are type 1 Concepts thus as indicated in our definition of type 1 Concepts
Hence a concept being dependent on another type 1 concept doesn't disqualify it from being type 1 itself.Independent Universal Concepts: Such concepts are completely independent from the part of reality they govern, except maybe of other concepts of this nature.
Even in worlds where there's no Order of Reincarnation, the Source simply returns to the worlds Fire Dew where it loses power, memory and is reborn as a new individual but still the same person
As seen from above, the source is also unaffected by the destruction of the reality where it's created/born. Even if the world were to be destroyed, the source will simply go back to being Fire Dew and be reincarnated in any of the deeper worlds."If the fire dew is lost, life will be lost in the bubble world. Isn't it possible that the residents who were supposed to be reincarnated will be reborn in another world?"
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"Why don't you bring back the fire dew? They have their lives too."
"What do you mean? Their life ends when they die. It's just a matter of starting a new life in a new world. It's just a different person with the same origin."
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"Returning fire dew to the bubble world is a foolish act that erases life. Bubbles will eventually disappear. Throwing life into it is like returning a fish that has finally reached the sea to the land again. It may be different from your world's beliefs, but that's the principle of the Silver sea."
Instead of denying me, Ottorlou said gently.
"It's a very lucky thing for the life that fire dew crosses the world. It's a proof that they were blessed by this sea."
If the bubble world will surely perish, then there is certainly a point.
-WN Chapter 502.
Fire Dew is a force that exists across the entire Silver Sea and is equivalent to the "Order of Life-force", or the term "Source" in the world of mortals.Fire Dew
Something that flows through the Fundamental Laws Cyclic Garden, the domains of the Four Fundamental Laws Gods, equivalent to the term "Source" in the world of mortals. It is born, deepens, meets its demise, changes and cycles back to birth again, gradually decreasing its total amount in the process.
-LN Volume 10 KeywordA visualization of the laws that affect the "Source" of the earth, which flows in the depths of the "Azure Sky of the Gods". It is the very power itself that the world contains, and the strength of the world's order is approximately equivalent to the total amount of fire dew that it contains.
-LN Volume 11 Keyword.
Secondly, he is also wrong in saying that the source governs a new individual's existence. The source doesn't change what object it governs, the reborn individual is still the exact same person fundamentally except that their memories, power, personality changed and even with all this, the core of the person remains the same
I'll digress here but in the first place when an individual is born they possess no memories or personality of note. Though genes may influence some traits, ultimately it's interaction with the society around us that determine what personality people will develop. But even with this, the very fundamental nature of a person remains the same thus it's wrong to equate a change in identity, personality, memory as a change in what the source governs.“Of course I am... I’m Diego Kanon Ijeiska, bearer of Hero Kanon’s
source...and I shall be the one to defeat you demons and save the world!”
“I don’t believe that. Reincarnation changes people. Memories are lost
along the way. But deep down, those people are still just the same. You are
nothing like Hero Kanon. Your very nature is ugly and distorted.”
LN Volume 3 Chapter 27.
There can only be one source for a person and no two individuals can possess the same identical source. There is also no amount of magic that can create an exact duplicate of a person.
“You’re not making any sense,” Sasha insisted. “Theoretically, that might
work if there were copies of both of us, but where would we find those? Are you
saying there’s a spell that can create an exact copy of someone?”
“Unfortunately, no amount of magic can duplicate a person,” I admitted.
“Our sources are unique to each of us; only one exists in this world.”
LN Volume 1 Chapter 25.“So both Zeshia and Diego are clones born by duplicating sources with
magic.”
There was no mistake—the two of them definitely had their sources
destroyed yet had revived anyway, and it was all because the clones were so
identical, they were indistinguishable from one another. Theoretically
speaking, they couldn’t be completely identical, but any differences between
them were too subtle for my Eyes to pick up.
-LN Volume 3 Chapter 31.
Conclusion
The Source meets the requirements for a type 1 concept. It's separate from and is independent of the body, mind & soul, it governs an individuals existence across time.
Aside from being dependent on another type 1 concept, it is unaffected by the destruction of what it governs and even in the eventuality of the destruction of general reality, it simply returns to another concept where it can then be reborn in a separate reality.
New Arguments start here https://vsbattles.com/threads/maou-gakuin-source-root-type-1-concept-round-2.150801/post-5567836
Agree= 1:6
Neutral= 0:0
Disagree= 2:2
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