...Therefore, if everything could cease to exist, then at one time there could have been nothing in existence. If this were true, even now there would be nothing...there must exist something the existence of which is necessary. Every necessary thing either has its necessity caused by another, or not. It is impossible...

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...exist must have had a beginning, "then at one time there could have been nothing in existence." But "if this were true, even now there would be nothing...there must exist something the existence of which is necessary."84 If there were no self-existent or necessary being, nothing would be possible. Possibility...

...exist must have had a beginning, "then at one time there could have been nothing in existence." But "if this were true, even now there would be nothing...begun to exist; and thus even now nothing would be in existence—which is absurd. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must exist something...

...there would be nothing in existence, because that which does not exist, begins to exist only through something already existing. Therefore if at one time...impossible for anything to have begun to exist; and thus now nothing would be in existence—which is absurd. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible,...

...existence." This inference, to which we shall return shortly, is crucial for his proof. He proceeds: "if at one time nothing was in existence, it would...been impossible for anything to have begun to exist." This second inference requires an unstated premise which most readers would willingly grant: namely,...

...now there would be nothing is existence, because that which does exist begins to exist only through something already existing. Therefore, if at one time...in existence - which is absurd. Therefore, not all things are merely possible, but there must exist something the existence of which is necessary. I esteem...

...are found to be generated, and to corrupt, and consequently, they are possible to be and not to be. But it is impossible for these always to exist, for...existence — which is absurd. Therefore, not all things are merely possible, but there must exist something the existence of which is necessary. But...

...there would be nothing in existence, because that which does not exist begins to exist only through something already existing. Therefore if at one time...there must exist something the existence of which is necessary. But every necessary thing either has its necessity caused by another, or not. Now it is...

...there would be nothing in existence, because that which does not exist begins to exist only through something already existing. Therefore, if at one time...begun to exist; and thus even now nothing would be in existence—which is absurd. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must exist something...