In one of his proofs for the existence of God, Aquinas says, "Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must exist something the existence of which is ..."
A) reductive.
B) actually existing.
C) metaphorical.
D) necessary.

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Aquinas is arguing that not all beings can be merely possible, or contingent, because if that were the case, then there would be nothing necessary to ground their existence. Therefore, there must be something that exists necessarily, which is what he calls God.

In One of His Proofs for the Existence of God