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... cause movement and be caused , or that it should cause itself to move . ( 7 ) Everything therefore that is in motion must be moved by something else . If therefore the thing which causes it to move be in motion , this too must be moved ...
... cause movement and be caused , or that it should cause itself to move . ( 7 ) Everything therefore that is in motion must be moved by something else . If therefore the thing which causes it to move be in motion , this too must be moved ...
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... cause . That a thing should cause itself is impos- sible : for in order that it may cause it is neces- sary for it to exist , which it cannot do , on the hypothesis , until it has been caused . So it must be in order to cause itself ...
... cause . That a thing should cause itself is impos- sible : for in order that it may cause it is neces- sary for it to exist , which it cannot do , on the hypothesis , until it has been caused . So it must be in order to cause itself ...
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... cause in esse of an effect , Z , then it must exist as long as Z exists . If the argument were valid in this form it would therefore prove the present and not merely the past existence of a first cause . In this form the ar- gument is ...
... cause in esse of an effect , Z , then it must exist as long as Z exists . If the argument were valid in this form it would therefore prove the present and not merely the past existence of a first cause . In this form the ar- gument is ...
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Socratic Wisdom 2 Bertrand Russell The Value of Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Part II Philosophy of Religion Introduction Can we pr... | 1 |
A Critique of the Cosmological Argument | 2 |
The Watch and the Watchmaker | 3 |
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