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" tUe extension of body being ^lothing but the continuity 

 " of solid, separable, moveable parts, the extension of 

 " space is that of unsolid, inseparable, and immoveable 



" parts." Here he plainly asserts, that pure space is 



extended, and consists of immoveable , and inseparable 

 parts. , 



In his, 13"" chapter, he states the ide^ of space more 

 accurately; for he says it is the distance between any two 

 bodies, or between the parts of the same body : that, if it 

 be considered only lengthways, witliout considering any thing 

 else between, it is called distance i but, if considered in 

 length, breadth, 9,nd thickness, it may be called capacity. 

 The iGYxn extension \% usually applied to it, in what manner 

 soever it is considered, §. 2 and 3. — But, in §. 4, he no 

 longer considers space as distance, but tells us, "that each 

 " different distance is a different modification of space," — 

 Yet, s^s different distances are Tfither diffei"ent relations be- 

 twixt the distant bodies, I do nqt .Ty^ell understand how 

 they can be eaUed modificati|Ons of. spage;, inodification 

 being a term usually applied to substances, and not to 

 relations. 



§. \Q,, he asks those, who inquire whethei' space be body 

 or spirit, who told them, that there could be no other be- 

 ing but body and spirit? find, if they again iiK|uir,e, "whe- 

 " ther this space be ,9; substance, or an accident ? ^he fairly 

 "tells them he dpe§ not know." I'rom all which, it is 

 plain, he considered simple pure space as something really 

 existiiig, and distinct from distance. 



And, 



