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    It is not the case that There must be a first cause of being.

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    • 1.An infinite regress of causes is not logically contradictory, as Hume argued—necessity is a psychological habit, not a metaphysical fact.
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    • 2.If every event requires a prior cause, positing an uncaused first cause violates the very causal principle invoked to reach it.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Buddhists like Nagarjuna demonstrate that dependent origination—causation without a first cause—is metaphysically coherent and empirically adequate.
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    • 2.Unity imposed on being presupposes a prior ontological framework, making the 'first cause of oneness' regress-prone rather than foundational.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.There must be a first cause of oneness.
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    • 2.Bringing something to be means imposing unity of a certain kind.
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