From Matter to Man: A New Theory of the Universe (Classic Reprint)

The Origin of Existence. The preliminary problem in all human speculation has ever been, the origin of existence, and it still frets the natural philosopher; but the solution is partly determined by the definition of the problem, and its accuracy for to-day depends almost wholly upon the meaning which present intelligence attaches to the term origin. Every origin in the universe necessarily includes both the thing made and that out of which it is made. For as nothing begets nothing, so something must be begotten of something. As no definition of origin, therefore, however orthodox, can be accurate which assumes a creation of something from nothing, origin in so far as it refers to the universe is meaningless.
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