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Full Idea
Can the necessary come into existence? That is a change, and everything that comes into existence demonstrates that it is not necessary. The necessary already 'is'.
Gist of Idea
Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is'
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (Philosophical Fragments [1844], p.74)
Book Ref
Kierkegaard,Søren: 'Philosophical Fragments', ed/tr. Hong,Howard/Edna [Princeton 1983], p.74
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