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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

17013	Absolute space is independent, homogeneous and immovable [Newton]
	Full Idea: Absolute space, of its own nature without reference to anything external, always remains homogeneous and immovable.
	From: Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Def 8 Schol)
	A reaction: This would have to be a stipulation, rather than an assertion of fact, since whether space is 'immovable' is either incoherent or unknowable.