It is the antidote to the present state of the world. Most philosophers have left their starting points to unnamed implication. Existence and consciousness are facts implicit in every perception. The law of causality states that a thing's actions are determined not by chance, but by its nature, i.e., by what it is. It is important to observe the interrelation of these three axioms.
Existence is the first axiom.
The universe exists independent of consciousness. There is no mental process that can change the laws of nature or erase facts. The function of consciousness is not to create reality, but to apprehend it. Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification. The philosophic source of this viewpoint and its major advocate in the history of philosophy is Aristotle.