Ibn Sina · Theology

The Necessary Existent

Ibn Sina’s elegant proof that, beneath all the contingent things that might not have existed, there must be one Necessary Existent that cannot not exist.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ibn Sina divides all things into contingent and necessary and argues a Necessary Existent must exist. Reconstruct his reasoning, and the main objection to it, in your own words.

Leads to Thomas Aquinas.

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