In fact, he refused to accept lack of absolute space, even though it was implied by his laws.
The whole galaxy is drifting by us, because we're standing still in absolute space.
Some scientists started to criticize Newton's definitions of absolute space and time.
The idea of absolute space has proved particularly controversial from Newton's time to the present.
These stars were soft eyes, looking out into the dark night, amid the silence of absolute space.
Hence, it is impossible to describe the path of the car in the above example with respect to some absolute space.
There exists an absolute space, in which Newton's laws are true.
The example is only possible if such a thing as absolute space exists.
He also denied the existence of absolute space and time by saying in 1901: "1.
He introduced notions of absolute space and time, which they found implausible.