..Not in the least bit Pynchonic -- space

[Michael Bailey]

>
> I see how that idea might be open to criticism (ie, tautologically
> speaking, "Space contains" and "space is that which contains"
>isn't what you'd call a really useful "definition space", at
> first blush,

I suppose "containing is what space does" would complete the axiom set

> - but I still like it...

it's a sprightly little ideational space!

anyway, so I doubt that there is a complete list of spatial properties
that somebody could write down and everyone could ever after use as a
reference manual

a lot of people wouldn't refer to it anyway!  a-and properties that
pertain in some sectors might not pertain in others, so are we really
talking about the same space everywhere anyway?

so one usually puts together one's own ad hoc finite space for any
given purpose, and perhaps a general space if one has time to think
about it which contains the purpose-created spaces...

like the chambered nautilus, building ever more stately mansions,
shutting thee from heaven with a dome more vast (or half-vast), oh my
soul!