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Full Idea
A body is that, which having no dependence on our thought, is coincident or coextended with some part of space.
Gist of Idea
Bodies are independent of thought, and coincide with part of space
Source
Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 2.08.01)
Book Ref
Hobbes,Thomas: 'Metaphysical Writings', ed/tr. Calkins,Mary Whiton [Open Court 1905], p.53
A Reaction
This rather Cartesian view doesn't seem to offer any distinction between empty space and space containing an 'object'. Presumably it is the ancestor of the Quinean account just in terms of space-time points. Don't like it.