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Space and time:
the structure of the faculty of sensibility

1 Newton and Leibniz on
Space and time

Space is like ourselves: although we live with ourselves constantly and with great familiarity, when we ask who or what we essentially are, the question usually leaves us dumbfounded. How a condition so close to s can be so inexplicable, in the puzzle surrounding space as well. To unveil space’s deepest truth, one might imagine travelling to the far corners of the universe, but no matter how far one travels, resolving that mystery is no different from fathoming the distance between one’s eyes and the words on this page. ~ Page 50

. . . . On Leibniz’s view, the souls and their objects come first, and space and time appear as secondary structures derived in reference to the perceptual contents of the simple souls. Within this outlook, space and time are merely relationships, or orderings, between perceived objects, so without supposing some objects with which to start, there would be no space or time.

On this particular point, Kant disagrees. He maintains that the objects in space and time cannot exist independently of space and time. To him, the reverse is true; first, we have in our minds the empty containers of space and time, and then, our sensory experience fills space and time with objects that it given to us. ~ Page 52

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Beautiful colours.

3 months ago.

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