Sounds much like the Buddhist doctrine of dependent arising to me: > It states that all dharmas (phenomena) arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this ex

Sounds much like the Buddhist doctrine of dependent arising to me: > It states that all dharmas (phenomena) arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist". The basic principle is that all things (dharmas, phenomena, principles) arise in dependence upon other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da