27 Aug. 1815

Jug. True

I. Prolegomena

Ch. Imperfections

6

§. Marks of verity

To compleat the description of the individual matter of fact—of the existence of the body or bodies in question whether in a state of relative rest or in a state of relative motion, it is manifestly necessary that to the designation of a certain portion of space, as being occupied by the body or bodies in question must be added the designation of a certain portion of time, viz. as being the portion of time during or in which the portion of space in question was occupied by the body or bodies in question: Why? Because at any given point of time by no two bodies of the same dimensions can any portion of space be occupied, yet by any number of bodies may any given portion of space be occupied, so it be in different portions of time: in the same box in which at one time pistol A was contained, at another time [it] MS orig. ‘be’. contained pistol B and at so many different points of times, any number of other pistols.

13 or 6

For compleating the individualizing the designation of both place and time, each at the requisite degree of particularity as necessary: for at different times pistol A and pistol B for example may have been in one and the same case.