Single Idea 14169

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology]

Full Idea

The universe is a somewhat ambiguous term: it may mean all the things that exist at a single moment, or all things that ever have existed or will exist, or the common quality of whatever exists.

Gist of Idea

The 'universe' can mean what exists now, what always has or will exist

Source

Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §442)

Book Reference

Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.470