“The point, being indivisible, occupies no space. That which occupies no space is nothing.”

— Leonardo Da Vinci

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), II Linear Perspective
Context: The point, being indivisible, occupies no space. That which occupies no space is nothing. The limiting surface of one thing is the beginning of another.

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Italian Renaissance polymath 1452–1519

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