The Universe and the Atom are Indivisible

The idea of an indivisible, ultimate atom is inconceivable by the lay mind. If we can conceive of an idea of the atom at all, we can conceive it as capable of being cut in half; indeed, we cannot conceive it at all unless we so conceive it. The only true atom, the only thing which we cannot subdivide and cut in half, is the universe. We cannot cut a bit off the universe and put it somewhere else. Therefore the universe is a true atom and, indeed, is the smallest piece of indivisible matter which our minds can conceive; and they cannot conceive it any more than they can the indivisible, ultimate atom.

Notes:

And we cannot conceive either.

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 Samuel Butler's notebooks
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Butler , Samuel (1951), Samuel Butler's notebooks, Retrieved on 2012-01-28
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