On Twitter user mlpianist asks why the first cause can’t give itself any intrinsic contingent properties. This was in response to Dr. Koons second argument given in our recent conversation here: Grant that Rob’s argument gets us to a first cause that is purely actual: It is then by analyzing the nature of pure actuality (including what intrinsic contingent modifications would be) that rules out the possibility of the first cause giving itself any intrinsic properties — or intrinsic accidents, to use traditional scholastic jargon.