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    Supports→A substance whose nature involves existence necessarily exists.

    The nature of a thing indicates the reason for its existence or non-existence.

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    [T]he very nature of a square circle indicates the reason why it does not exist, viz. because it involves a contradiction…, the reason why a substance exists also follows from its nature alone, because it involves existence.

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