Single Idea 5099

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space]

Full Idea

The universe as a whole is not anywhere.

Gist of Idea

The universe as a whole is not anywhere

Source

Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 212b14)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Physics', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1996], p.89


A Reaction

This is what we pay philosophers for! Point out all the things which are staring us in the face, but we have never actually noticed. 'Everything that exists must have a location'? Can this truism really be false?