concept
Void
inane
also: the void, empty space
Inane: empty space, the absence of body. Lucretius argues it must exist for motion and for differences of weight and density; together with the atoms it makes up the whole of nature. Void is emptiness, not nothingness.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §5.23 void
inane: empty space, the absolute void in which atoms move—with the atoms, one of the two ultimate realities of Epicurean physics.
- On the Nature of Things §6.28 void
Inane: empty space, the void through which atoms move; the emptying of the air between lodestone and iron is what lets the iron be drawn.
Mentioned in 1 work (37 mentions)
On the Nature of Things
- §1.14 empty space
- §1.22 Void
- §1.23 empty space
- §1.24 the void
- §1.25 Void
- §1.26 the void
- §1.27 Void
- §1.28 Void
- §1.29 Void
- §1.30 Void
- §1.32 Void
- §1.33 Void
- §1.34 Void
- §1.37 Void
- §1.45 Void
- §1.53 Void
- §1.60 Void
- §1.68 the void
- §1.73 Void
- §1.75 Void
- §1.76 Void
- §2.10 the void
- §2.2 Void
- §2.3 the void
- §2.4 the void
- §2.6 Void
- §2.8 Void
- §2.9 the void
- §3.1 the void
- §3.41 the void
- §4.6 Void
- §5.23 the void
- §5.40 Void
- §5.42 Void
- §6.21 Void
- §6.25 Void
- §6.28 Void