CHORA (χώρα). Place; Space. In Timaeus 52, Plato identifies the receptacle (hypodoche) with “space.” The implication of the passage seems to be that space pre-exists, in some sense, the appearance of phenomena (phainomena) in space. In Physics IV. 1, Aristotle argues for “place” (topos) rather than “space,” i.e., there is no pre-existing or independently existing continuum, it is the existence of spatiotemporal entities that define whatever “places” exist. Still, he does continue to use the word chora in the everyday sense of “space,” even of astronomical “space” (e.g.,Meteor. 1.7,345a9). Both Epicureans and Stoics use chora for “space” in their physical writings. See also PHYSIS. [HDAGP]