Full Idea
A true theory of matter requires a division of things into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles.
Clarification
A 'corpuscle' is a tiny unit
Gist of Idea
Matter requires a division into time-corpuscles as well as space-corpuscles
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Ultimate Constituents of Matter [1915], p.125)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'Mysticism and Logic' [Unwin 1989], p.125
A Reaction
The division of matter in space seems decidable by physicists, but the division in time seems a bit arbitrary (unless it is quanta of time?). Russell focuses on observable qualities, but are there also intrinsic qualities?