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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

17014	The place of a thing is the sum of the places of its parts [Newton]
	Full Idea: The place of a whole is the same as the sum of the places of the parts, and is therefore internal and in the whole body.
	From: Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Def 8 Schol)
	A reaction: Note that Newton is talking of the sums of places, and deriving them from the parts. This is the mereology of space.