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Ideas from 'Reply to 'Rorarius' 2nd ed' by Gottfried Leibniz [1702], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Philosophical Texts' by Leibniz,Gottfried (ed/tr Woolhouse R/Francks,R) [OUP 1998,0-19-875153-2]].

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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time
19384 Space and time are the order of all possibilities, and don't just relate to what is actual
                        Full Idea: Space and time taken together constitute the order of possibilities of the one entire universe, so that these orders relate not only to what actually is, but also to anything that could be put in its place.
                        From: Gottfried Leibniz (Reply to 'Rorarius' 2nd ed [1702], GP iv 568), quoted by Richard T.W. Arthur - Leibniz 7 'Space and Time'
                        A reaction: A very nice idea. Rather like the 'space of reasons', where all rational thought must exist, space and time are the 'space of existence and action'. Their concepts involve more than relations between what actually exists.