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1. The statement, "There is reality/' or "There is something," is necessarily true because the contradictory statement, "There is no reality," or "There is nothing/' is self-contradictory and therefore necessarily false. 

1. Wiki MarkupBut, then\! the statement, "There is necessary reality as well as contingent reality," or "There is something necessary as well as something contingent/' is also necessarily true, and for the same reason-because the contradictory statement, "There is no necessary reality but only contingent reality," or "There is nothing necessary but only something contingent," is likewise _self-contradictory_ _and therefore necessarily false._ _(If_ _there is no necessary reality{_}{_}f_ _or_ _if_ _nothing is necessary, then the statement "There is \ [only contingent\] reality," or "There is \ [only\] something \ [contingent\]," could not be necessarily true but only contingently true, and the statement,"There is reality," or "There is something," which is necessarily true, could be-selfcontradictorily-false.) _\\ 
   

Summer 1996; rev. 23 March 2001