A History of Indian Philosophy v4.c38.s2.49.5

v4.c38.s2.49.5

In case everything must exist, if it is to appear as produced, then it may be asked whether the manifestation (*abhivyakti*) was also existent before the appearance of the effect; if so, then it ought to have been visible at the time; if the manifestation also requires another manifestation and that another, then there is infinite regress. The point of view of causal conception accepted by Jaya-tīrtha is that, if the cause of production exists, there is production, and if sufficient cause of destruction exists, there is destruction. A hare's horn is not produced, because there is not a sufficient cause for its production, and *ātman* is not destroyed, because there is not a sufficient cause for its destruction¹.