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Rh PRÆDICABILIA A PRIORI.

Of Time.

Of Space.

Of Matter.

(1) There is only one Time, and all different times are parts of it.

(1) There is only one Space, and all different spaces are parts of it.

(1) There is only one Matter, and all different materials are different states of matter; as such it is called Substance.

(2) Different times are not simultaneous but successive.

(2) Different spaces are not successive but simultaneous.

(2) Different matters (materials) are not so through substance but through accidents.

(3) Time cannot be thought away, but everything can be thought away from it.

(3) Space cannot be thought away, but everything can be thought away from it.

(3) Annihilation of matter is inconceivable, but annihilation of all its forms and qualities is conceivable.

(4) Time has three divisions, the past, the present, and the future, which constitute two directions and a centre of indifference.

(4) Space has three dimensions – height, breadth, and length.

(4) Matter exists, i.e., acts in all the dimensions of space and throughout the whole length of time, and thus these two are united and thereby filled. In this consists the true nature of matter: thus it is through and through causality.

(5) Time is infinitely divisible.

(5) Space is infinitely divisible.

(5) Matter is infinitely divisible.

(6) Time is homogeneous and a Continuum, i.e., no one of its parts is different from the rest, nor separated from it by anything that is not time.

(6) Space is homogeneous and a Continuum, i.e., no one of its parts is different from the rest, nor separated from it by anything that is not space.

(6) Matter is homogeneous and a Continuum, i.e., it does not consist of originally different (homoiomeria) or originally separated parts (atoms); it is therefore not composed of parts, which would necessarily be separated by something that was not matter.

(7) Time has no beginning and no end, but all beginning and end is in it.

(7) Space has no limits, but all limits are in it.

(7) Matter has no origin and no end, but all coming into being and passing away are in it.

(8) By reason of time we count.

(8) By reason of space we measure.

(8) By reason of matter we weigh.

(9) Rhythm is only in time.

(9) Symmetry is only in space.

(9) Equilibrium is only in matter.

(10) We know the laws of time a priori.

(10) We know the laws of space a priori.

(10) We know the laws of the substance of all accidents a priori.