There can be an infinite series of necessary beings, each having its necessity caused by another
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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 1There exists a necessary being having of itself its own necessity 0 0 1An infinite regress of causes is impossible 0 0 1There exists a being that possesses all properties to the maximum degree, which is the cause of all properties in other beings 0 0 1Everything that begins to exist must have a cause 2 0 2If there is an infinite regression of causes, there must be a start to the chain 1 0 2