Editing Absolute theory (section)

== Overview ==
According to the absolute theory of space, it is a homogeneous structure which exists and is independent of other things.<ref name=":0" /> The Newtonian arguments of this theory, particularly those concerned with the [[Ontology|ontological]] status of space and time, had been related to the existence of God through the concepts of [[Absolute space and time|absolute space and absolute time]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Space, Time, and Theology in the Leibniz-Newton Controversy|last=Khamara|first=Edward J.|date=2006|publisher=Transaction Books|isbn=978-3-11-032830-1|location=Piscataway, NJ|pages=6}}</ref> It was proposed that the universe was finite in extent and was said to have begun in time.<ref name=":1" /> Additionally, space exists prior to the body or matter that occupies it and it was held that the universe – as a finite object – is situated within it.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Bacon to Kant: An Introduction to Modern Philosophy, Third Edition|last=Thomson|first=Garrett|date=2012-05-21|publisher=Waveland Press|isbn=978-1-4786-1045-8|location=Long Grove, Illinois|pages=106}}</ref>

The theory was also promoted by Newton's followers including [[Samuel Clarke]] and [[Roger Cotes]] during the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Space and Incongruence: The Origin of Kant’s Idealism|last=Buroker|first=J. V.|date=1981|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789048183630|location=Dordrecht|pages=8}}</ref>