This endless chain of possible beings does not necessarily ground the existence of that "being," and that it may be possible that one can exist in potentiality and actuality at the same time. Aquinas' argument of the first mover leaves out the possibility that this chain of things would simultaneously be in a state of potentiality in and of itself as well as having the ability to cause another. However, the notion of simultanethe ous state of potentiality and actuality does not solve the problem of things that exist. Consequently, one taking this as view woula d result in there being no initial cause within such a chain. This is a futile argument because the possibility of an infinite chain of possible beings does not solve the problem of one's existence. The notion of the unseen often in
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