The parts of pure space are immovable, which follows from their inseparability; motion being nothing but change of distance between any two things; but this cannot be between parts that are inseparable; which therefore must needs be at perpetual rest one amongst other.


In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 35), An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter XIII, Section 14 (p. 151)

John Locke Quotes

The parts of pure space are immovable, which follows from their inseparability; motion being nothing but change of distance between any two things;...

The parts of pure space are immovable, which follows from their inseparability; motion being nothing but change of distance between any two things;...

The parts of pure space are immovable, which follows from their inseparability; motion being nothing but change of distance between any two things;...

The parts of pure space are immovable, which follows from their inseparability; motion being nothing but change of distance between any two things;...