Space is the nothingness of relation seized by a being that relates

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

The presupposition common to both idealism and realism is that the constituting negation is an external negation. The Other is the one who is not me and the one who I am not. This not indicates a nothingness as a given element of separation between the Other and myself. Between the Other and myself there is a nothingness of separation. This nothingness does not derive its origin from myself nor from the Other, nor is it a reciprocal relation between the Other and myself. On the contrary, as a primary absence of relation, it is originally the foundation of all relation between the Other and me. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 675 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Space adds nothing to being but is continuously spatialized through the For-itself’s ekstatic temporalization — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 590; Space and quantity both originate from the for-itself’s free indifference toward unrelated things.; Space is constituted by the For-itself’s organizing of relations between objects (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Space is constituted by the For-itself’s organizing of relations between objects #expands (0.95)
• Space is the mere possibility of separation, not a set of positive points. #expands (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 263
• The nothingness separating self and Other precedes and founds all relation #contradicts (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 675