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Single Idea 20918

[from 'On the Heavens' by Aristotle, in 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void ]

Full Idea

It is absurd to explain place by the void, as though this latter were not itself some kind of place.

Gist of Idea

Void is a kind of place, so it can't explain place

Source

Aristotle (On the Heavens [c.336 BCE], 309b24)

Book Reference

Democritus: 'Early Greek Phil VII: Democritus', ed/tr. Laks,A/Most,G [Harvard Loeb 2016], p.395


A Reaction

Presumably this is aimed at Democritus.