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- An existent:
- Proposition 1)
- Exists by virtue of what it is
- Proposition 2)
- Does not exist by virtue of what it is
- Conclusion)
- By the Law of Non-Contradiction,
- Proposition 1 & Proposition 2 cannot both be true (or both false) at the same time and in the same way.
- By the Law of the Excluded Middle, there are 3 types of existents:
- The first type of existent would be "Necessary",
- where the first proposition is true and the second proposition is false,
- as the "Necessary existent" exists by virtue of what it is.
- The second type of existent would be "Impossible",
- where the first proposition is false and the second proposition is true,
- as the "Impossible existent" does not exist by virtue of what it is.
- The third type of existent would be "Possible",
- where the existent can or can not exist, by virtue of what it is.
- By the Principle of Sufficient Reason and the Causal Principle,
- (which together state that everything must have an explanation for its cause of existence)
- the cause of the emergence of a Possible existent must be an extrinsic specifier.
- Therefore, their emergence is due to a cause external to itself,
- where the existent would be "Dependent" or "Contingent", by virtue of what it is.
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