—namely, what is above them, below them, and so forth. Others are non-existent, such as what lies beyond the world. For if the world is said to be in a spatial locus or direction, it is not in an existent direction or an existent spatial locus, since that existent thing would itself also be part of the world, whereas the discussion concerns the direction and spatial locus of all created things. Moreover, that would entail an infinite regress.

He has offered no proof that everything called a spatial locus or direction is something existent. Unless this is established, it need not be said that, if the Creator is in a spatial locus and direction, He is in something existent. For the proofs he has mentioned, if they establish anything, establish only the existence of those particular things called spatial loci and directions. Why, then, do you claim that everything called a spatial locus or direction must exist?

The third response is to say: We do not concede that “spatial locus” applies only to what is non-existent and never applies to anything existent. This is the position of many speculative theologians who distinguish between spatial locus and place, and say: