Full Idea
Motion is privation of one place, and the acquisition of another.
Gist of Idea
Motion is losing one place and acquiring another
Source
Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 1.6.06)
Book Reference
Hobbes,Thomas: 'Metaphysical Writings', ed/tr. Calkins,Mary Whiton [Open Court 1905], p.23
A Reaction
This is basically the 'at-at' theory of motion which empiricists like, because it breaks motion down into atoms of experience. Hobbes needs an ontology which includes 'places'.