宏觀世界的本質,範例認為,是“相對性”。因為範例首先定義了宏觀世界的根本
屬性是,“物質”的存在,因而“一切運動都是物質的運動”。物質形成的特性之
一是時空二個維度的存在。物質的“有限性”和時空的“有限性”,從根本上決定
了物質是相對的,既,有限的。所以,範例認為宏觀世界的“一切”都是物質,而
物質的存在,如同時空的特性一樣,都是相對的。換句話說,事物的發展是有階段
性的。當事物發展到以“物質的狀態”存在的時候,其特徵是“時空的維度”出現
了(還有其他維度暫不表)。事物發展到這個階段,也僅僅是在這個階段,事物就變
成了“相對”的了,我們稱其為“物質”。這個物質的稱謂,是對事物狀態的一個
“定義”。用萊不尼茲的話說,叫“實心的單子”(內部沒有空間存在)。這種對事
物的定義反映到理論中,如幾何學的定義時,我們就有了歐幾里德的幾何學定義:
“Euclid's Elements,Definition 1“A point is that which has no part.”
Definition 15
A circle is a plane figure contained by one line such that all the straight
lines falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure
equal one another.
Definition 16
And the point is called the center of the circle.
Definition 17
A diameter of the circle is any straight line drawn through the center and
terminated in both directions by the circumference of the circle, and such
a straight line also bisects the circle.
Definition 18
A semicircle is the figure contained by the diameter and the circumference
cut off by it. And the center of the semicircle is the same as that of the
circle.
Definition 20
Of trilateral figures, an equilateral triangle is that which has its three
sides equal, an isosceles triangle that which has two of its sides alone
equal, and a scalene triangle that which has its three sides unequal.