Bobby Quine says that existence is hardly self-evident. Hardly self-evident? To you maybe, but not to me. What can be more self-evident than existence? You do not prove that existence exists because it is the basis on which all proofs depend. To even ask the question "Does existence exist?" implies that you have accepted it in your attempt to deny or question it. Existence is an axiom on which all knowledge begins. Remember: There is: existence; something: identity; I am aware of: consciousness. These are the three basic axioms that Objectivism recognizes--upon which all knowledge is built and all proofs depend. Now what is so difficult to understand about that? Don't convolute and complicate the issue when it is easy to understand.
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