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But even the alternation of the existence and non-existence of a given state in a thing, in which all change consists, by no means proves the contingency of that state--the ground of proof being the reality of its opposite. For, as the beginning of a series in time is determined only by that which precedes it in time, the supreme condition of the beginning of a series of changes must exist in the time in which this series itself did not exist; for a beginning supposes a time preceding, in which the thing that begins to be was not in existence. In an object of the pure understanding, only that is internal which has no relation (as regards its existence) to anything different from itself. It follows that this necessary existence must be regarded as the highest member of the cosmical series. The only point in this argument that may appear open to suspicion is that this rational belief presupposes the existence of moral sentiments. This conception must be regarded as in some degree satisfactory, if we admit the existence of a necessary being, and consider that there exists a necessity for a definite and final answer to these questions. Moreover, the poverty of the usual arguments which go to prove the existence of a vast sphere of possibility, of which all that is real (every object of experience) is but a small part, is very remarkable. The idea of existence, then, is the very same with the idea of what we conceive to be existent. Now we must admit that the doctrine of the existence of God belongs to doctrinal belief.