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There exists a necessary being having of itself its own necessity

Negation: There does not exist a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 0
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Arguments

Argument #1338423e 0 0 1

If it is true that...

There is at least one necessary being 0 0 1

and

Every necessary being either has its necessity caused by another, or has its necessity itself 0 0 1

and

There cannot be an infinite series of necessary beings each having its necessity caused by another 0 0 1

Then it must be true that...

There exists a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1

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Consequences

Argument #f2cff9ad 0 0 1

If it is true that...

God is known as a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1

and

There exists a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1

Then it must be true that...

God exists 1 0 5

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Related Propositions

Whatever begins to exist is caused to begin to exist by something else already existing 1 0 1There is at least one necessary being 0 0 1Every necessary being either has its necessity caused by another, or has its necessity itself 0 0 1There cannot be an infinite series of necessary beings each having its necessity caused by another 0 0 1God is known as a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1God loves Himself of necessity, but loves and wills the creation of extra-Divine things, on the other hand, with freedom 1 0 2There is a supreme good requiring nothing else, which all other things require for their existence and well-being 1 0 2There is a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, and it exists both in the understanding and in reality 1 0 2God alone exists through itself, and creates all other things from nothing 1 0 2There exists a being that possesses all properties to the maximum degree, which is the cause of all properties in other beings 0 0 1