Full Idea
Leibniz said the division of the continuum should not be conceived 'to be like the division of sand into grains, but like that of a tunic or a sheet of paper into folds'.
Gist of Idea
The continuum is not divided like sand, but folded like paper
Source
report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690], A VI iii 555) by Richard T.W. Arthur - Leibniz
Book Reference
Arthur, Richard T.W.: 'Leibniz' [Polity 2014], p.68
A Reaction
This from the man who invented calculus. This thought might apply well to the modern physicist's concept of a 'field'.