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proof unnecessary.
(i-b) The Proof of Reason for His Existence
Nevertheless, by way of preparation and following the example of the learned theologians, we say:
One
of the obvious logic of the mind is that an originated phenomenon cannot come into existence
without a
cause. Since the world is an originated phenomenon, it cannot come into existence without a cause.
As for our saying that originated phenomena cannot come into existence without a cause, is obvious.
For
every originated phenomenon belongs to a certain definite time the precedence or the subsequence of
which may be assumed. Its being definite in time and distinct from what preceded it and what
succeeded it, will naturally require one who renders things definite.
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(i-b) The Proof of Reason for His Existence
Nevertheless, by way of preparation and following the example of the learned theologians, we say:
One
of the obvious logic of the mind is that an originated phenomenon cannot come into existence
without a
cause. Since the world is an originated phenomenon, it cannot come into existence without a cause.
As for our saying that originated phenomena cannot come into existence without a cause, is obvious.
For
every originated phenomenon belongs to a certain definite time the precedence or the subsequence of
which may be assumed. Its being definite in time and distinct from what preceded it and what
succeeded it, will naturally require one who renders things definite.
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