eternity. He said:

“The tenth argument is that, if the world were temporally originated, its originator would either resemble it in every respect or differ from it in every respect. In the first case, the originator would itself be temporally originated, and the same reasoning would apply to it as to the first, necessarily entailing an impossible infinite regress. In the second case, the originator would not exist; otherwise, it would not differ from the world in every respect, contrary to the assumption. If it did not exist, it could not produce something existent, as explained previously. In the third case, by virtue of the respect in which it resembles something temporally originated, it must itself be temporally originated. The same reasoning would apply to it as to the first, resulting in an impossible infinite regress. These attempts at argument arise only from asserting that the world is temporally originated; therefore, it is not temporally originated.”

[His Response to It]

He then said in reply:

“As for the tenth objection, the alternative we choose from among its divisions