Plenism

Plenism (from plenus, Latin full ) is a natural philosophical theory according to which pure nothing does not exist. In ancient times, this view was z. B. by Plato and Aristotle , represented in modern times by René Descartes (1596–1650) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). According to the plenists, the world is continuously filled with matter , there is no empty space. With this, Aristotle contradicts the atomists and suspects not only that space is filled with beings, but that nature disgusts the vacuum .From a philosophical point of view, there is no longer any question of the origin of the world, which is then only defined by constantly changing conditions, but not by an act of creation out of nothing ( Creatio ex nihilo ), such as God in Christianity .