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Single Idea 24096

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space]

Full Idea

Space, like matter, is a subjective form. Time is not. Space first emerged through the assumption of empty space. This doesn't exist. Force is everything.

Gist of Idea

Unlike time, space is subjective. Empty space was assumed, but it doesn't exist

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 1[003])

A Reaction

I would think modern physics endorses his opinion of space. The original atomists proposed a 'void', to prevent traffic jams of atoms. Now we see space as fields, so it is never empty.

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.3