Matter can cause itself as it does not require a cause and does necessitate its own existence
Negation: Matter cannot cause itself as it requires a cause and does not necessitate its own existence 0 0 0
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Everything that begins to exist has a cause 1 0 3Whatever begins to exist is caused to begin to exist by something else already existing 1 0 1Every necessary being either has its necessity caused by another, or has its necessity itself 0 0 1There exists a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1There is something that is the cause of existing in all things in that this thing is existence only 1 0 2There exists a first uncaused cause 0 0 1Everything that begins to exist must have a cause 2 0 2Nature cannot bring itself into existence 1 0 2Matter needs a cause because nothing about it demands its own existence 1 0 2The first cause must be something outside of matter and time 1 0 2