Space and Difference

A relation between Space and Difference has occasionally been implied by Philosophers, e. g. Derrida's notion 'Spacing', but apparently never developed into an explicit theme of philosophical inquiry. That A and B being at separate locations suffices to show that A and B are different, evinces that Space and Difference are intimately related. Two formulations of that relation can be--'Space is the image of Difference', and, 'Difference is the concept of Space'. Accordingly, the notion of Space as a structure of Experience implies that Difference, too, is a structure of personal experience. In other words, 'Spatialization' is also 'Differentiation', or, as has been called here a while ago, 'Diversification'. Hence, insofar as Space has an Ethical significance, as has been recently discussed, self-differentiation is a locus of normative evaluation.