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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space
Measuring space requires no movement while I do it [Scruton]
     Full Idea: I can measure the length of something only if I know that it has not moved between the moment when I locate one end of it and the moment when I locate the other.
     From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 25.3)
     A reaction: A nice example of how even simple propositions have many presuppositions.