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    Challenges→There is no ultimate origin or first cause of thing-events

    The claim that 'the origin of all things is itself without origin' is self-referentially unstable unless the uncaused origin is itself real, which concedes a terminus to the causal regress.

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    causal regress(the infinite loop of causes that philosophers try to stop or explain away)
    An endless chain of causes where each thing is caused by something before it, like asking 'what caused that?' infinitely.
    concedes(in philosophical debate)
    Admits or agrees that something is true, even if it weakens your own position.
    self-referentially unstable(describing a logical problem with the claim about origins)
    When a statement contradicts itself or undermines its own logic—like saying 'I never speak' while speaking.
    terminus(Contrasted with subiectum in theories of transmutation)
    The end-point or term of a change
    uncaused origin(the thing being claimed to have no origin of its own)

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