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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:philosophy
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Necessary_Existent
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gptkbp:attribute
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gptkb:fire
Independent
Necessary existence
Immutable
Uncaused
Self-sufficient
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Metaphysics
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:theology
Ontology
Philosophy of religion
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gptkbp:centralTo
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Cosmological argument
Ontological argument
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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Contingent being
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
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gptkbp:defines
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A being that exists by necessity of its own nature
A being whose non-existence is impossible
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gptkbp:discusses
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gptkb:Metaphysics
Philosophy of religion
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Necessary Being
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gptkbp:languageOfOrigin
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English
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gptkbp:notableFigure
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gptkb:Avicenna
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
gptkb:Al-Ghazali
gptkb:Anselm_of_Canterbury
gptkb:Mulla_Sadra
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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atheism
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gptkbp:referencedIn
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gptkb:Monadology
gptkb:Summa_Theologica
gptkb:Kalam_cosmological_argument
gptkb:Proslogion
Metaphysics (Avicenna)
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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gptkb:deity
Necessary existence
Modal logic
Existence
Contingency
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gptkbp:termOrigin
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gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:Christian_philosophy
gptkb:Classical_philosophy
Medieval philosophy
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ultimate_Being
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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