Given the axiom of existence and the principle of primacy of existence, it can be quickly shown that anything inherent in existence has to be. Once a fact is determined to be part of reality, one knows that fact is itself and no other fact (identity). One knows the fact is lawful, not random (causality). And one knows the fact to not be subject to anyone’s whims (primacy of existence). Therefore, anything that is metaphysically given is absolute.

— Eric Johnson