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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void
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Democritus is wrong: in a void we wouldn't see a distant ant in exact detail [Aristotle on Democritus]
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Movement is impossible in a void, because nothing can decide the direction of movement [Aristotle on Democritus]
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Growth and movement would not exist if there were no void to receive them [Democritus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
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The past and the future subsist, but only the present exists [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment
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The present does not exist, so our immediate experience is actually part past and part future [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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Time is continous and infinitely divisible, so there cannot be a wholly present time [Chrysippus, by Stobaeus]
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
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There are unlimited worlds of varying sizes, some without life or water [Democritus, by Hippolytus]
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