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1. Beings are said to exist contingently when their non-existence is possible (i.e. for instance, they can cease to exist, they at one time did not exist etc)
1. Beings are said to exist contingently when their non-existence is possible (i.e. for instance, they can cease to exist, they at one time did not exist etc)
2. Every contingent being depends on another being for its existence.
2. Every contingent being depends on another being for its existence. No contingent being, that began to exist, can be its own cause.
3. Therefore, if every being in existence existed contingently, the series would never end, and no existence would be possible.
3. Therefore, if every being in existence existed contingently, the series would never end, and no existence would be possible.
4. Therefore, it is necessary that some Being exists not contingently, but necessarily, i.e. without beginning and end.
4. Therefore, it is necessary that some Being exists not contingently, but necessarily, i.e. without beginning and end.