Full Idea
Democritus did not speak correctly in supposing that if the intermediate space became a void, we would see an ant in exact detail if it were up in the heaven. …If the intermediate space became a void, rather nothing would be seen at all.
Gist of Idea
Democritus is wrong: in a void we wouldn't see a distant ant in exact detail
Source
comment on Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE]) by Aristotle - De Anima 419a15
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'De Anima (on the psuche)', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.34
A Reaction
Depends what you mean by void, but Aristotle is nearer the truth. Is vision clearer in outer space than in our higher atmosphere?