A being whose essence just is existence (esse ipsum subsistens) may instantiate a sui generis self-constituting relation that violates no causal principle applicable to contingent things.
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existence(Kant's analysis in the Critique of Pure Reason as applied to the ontological argument)
Not a real predicate or positive determination; it does not add to or enlarge the concept of a subject.
instantiate(as used in metaphysics)
To be a concrete example of something, or to have and display a particular property or category.
self-constituting relation(metaphysics)
A connection or relationship where something helps bring itself into being, rather than being created by something external.
sui generis(Used to characterize goodness if naturalistic definitions all fail.)
A notion that can only be understood in its own terms — in this context, goodness can only be understood in evaluative, not empirical or naturalistic, terms.