Space is the mere possibility of separation, not a set of positive points.

Evidence

In reference to space he writes: … It is inadmissible to speak of spatial points as if they constituted the positive element in space (on account of its lack of difference), space is merely the possibility, not the positedness of a state of juxtaposition and what is negative. … Space, to the degree that it is a synthesis, is the originary possibility of separation. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 263

Categorization

• DEFINE: Hegel’s negative conception of space — space is possibility, not positedness — is a definitional cornerstone that parallels his negative treatment of time.
• XREF: connects to: Space and quantity both originate from the for-itself’s free indifference toward unrelated things.; Space is the nothingness of relation seized by a being that relates; Space is a semi-real entity, neither fully physical nor psychical — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 474 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Space is a semi-real entity, neither fully physical nor psychical #expands (0.80) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 474
• Space adds nothing to being but is continuously spatialized through the For-itself’s ekstatic temporalization #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 590
• Space is polarized into opposites only as temporary exclusions, not fixed boundaries. #expands (0.72) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 189