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Wājib wa-Mumkin al-Wujūd (Necessary and Contingent Existence)
Ibn Sīnā's distinction between the Necessary Existent (God), whose existence is by its own essence, and contingent beings, whose existence is derived.
Ibn Sīnā's distinction between the Necessary Existent (God), whose existence is by its own essence, and contingent beings, whose existence is derived.
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Mulakhkhas Fi Mantiq Wa Hikma · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
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