Contingency Argument Color:White 5 cm) in diameter

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my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog

That is why I cannot be silent – nor would it be good to do so – about such great blessings and such a gift that the Lord so kindly bestowed in the land of my captivity

So they went on together

Contingency Argument Color:White 5 cm) in diameterSt. Thomas Aquinas structured the argument, following Aristotles formulation that there must be something to explain why the universe exists. Since the universe could, conceivably not have existed and therefore be contingent, its existence must have a cause that exists by its own necessity. St. Thomas Aquinas observed that, in nature, there were things that existed in a contingent way, since it would be possible for such things not to exist, and that