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(d) A couple of paragraphs later, Fine writes: I am aware, though, that there may be readers who are so in the grip of the modal account of essence that they are incapable of underst rstanding the concept in any other way. ...it may help such a reader to reflect on the difference between saying that singleton Socr crates essentially contains Socrates and saying that Socrates essentially belongs to singleton Socrates. For can we not recognize a sense of nature, or of "what an object is", according to which it lies in the nature of the singleton to have Socrates as a member even though it does not lie in the nature of Socrates to belong to the singleton? Once we recognize the asymmetry between these two cases, we have the means to present the objection. For no corresponding modal asymmetry can be made out.________ The second paragraph is not quoted fully, and this is indicated by the blank space that follows. Based on how this paragraph opens and your own experience with philosophical writing, predict the gist of what Fine might have written that completes the thought of this paragraph. (6 points)

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