According to wilshire bruce and william hume insists

is that an idea can be denied whereas the latter cannot be rejected. According to Wilshire, Bruce,
and William, Hume insists that it is sensible to imagine on a non-existing being without being
contradicted, and therefore, the claims of existence are a matter of facts (“Metaphysics.”)
Cleanthes and Philo agree on the fact that the denial of the existence of any being should be
conceived as a matter of fact. Moreover, Cleanthes and Hume reject the notion of “necessary
existence” saying that it has a meaning which is inconsistent and thus cannot be used in a
philosophical argument.
Hume also attacks the design inference that if the inference on the presence of the
causeless being is correct, it doesn’t mean that the being is God. In the inference, God is termed

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as a necessary being, a point which Philo rejects that the only necessary thing is the universe. He
further thinks that the inference is dubious in its statement because it states infinite regress which
thus violates the principle of sufficient reasoning (“Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.”)
In conclusion, Hume’s argument attacks the Leibniz argument on priori. The facts put
forward maim the successful application of the metaphysical perspective of Leibniz because it is
surrounded with much reprove. However, some aspects of metaphysics that put forward
undeniable facts are so essential and cannot be denied. The language of Leibniz, specifically,
promotes thinking and reasoning to go beyond what we experience and to find the facts about the
truth of the matter. These philosophical arguments are an object of knowledge to distinguish
indeed what we see from what appears to be.

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