or caused by anything: And yet it is evident that it requires a cause or reason, as much as any particular object which begins to exist in time" (54-55).
Demea goes on to say that the creation could not have come into existence by way of chance alone. And so, how could everything that is be created from nothing? But nothing could not produce anything. A universe produced by chance would be an accidental creation; however, it would not be possible for such a well-ordered, systematic universe to be a result of an accident. Consequently, Demea states: "We must, therefore, have recourse to a necessarily existent
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