Space is not an object of which we perceive the properties, but a form of our perception; not a thing which affects our senses, but an idea to which we conform the impressions of sense.


History of Scientific Ideas: Being the First Part of The Philosophy of the, Inductive Sciences (3rd edition), Part I, Book II, Chapter III (p. 96)

William Whewell Quotes

Space is not an object of which we perceive the properties, but a form of our perception; not a thing which affects our senses, but an idea to which...

Space is not an object of which we perceive the properties, but a form of our perception; not a thing which affects our senses, but an idea to which...

Space is not an object of which we perceive the properties, but a form of our perception; not a thing which affects our senses, but an idea to which...

Space is not an object of which we perceive the properties, but a form of our perception; not a thing which affects our senses, but an idea to which...