公元前5世纪,古希腊哲学家德漠克利特认为,“一切事物的本原是原子和虚空,虚空是原子运动的场所”,后来,亚里士多德创立了一种运动论,认为一个受到某种连续不断的力推动的物体,会随周围介质密度渐渐变小而运动得越来越快,在真空中这个物体将以无穷大的速度运动.他不承认存在无穷大速度的可能性,因而断定真空不可能存在.在长达2000年之久的时间内,亚里士多德的观点被奉若神明,哲学家们一直认为:“自然厌恶真空”.这种厌恶的本性阻碍形成真空,任何真空一经获得,附近东西就立即将它填满,因此,水银和酒就应当填满倒立的玻璃管. In the 5th century BC, the ancient Greek philosopher Deco Crete argued that “all things are primitive and void, and void is a place for atomic movement.” Later, Aristotle founded a theory of movement, thinking that An object driven by some kind of continuous force will move faster and faster as the density of the surrounding medium becomes smaller. In a vacuum, this object will move at infinite speed. He does not recognize the possibility of infinite speed, so It was concluded that the vacuum could not exist. Aristotle’s ideas were esteemed for a period of up to 2,000 years, and philosophers had always believed that “naturally hates the vacuum.” This disgusting nature hinders the formation of a vacuum. Once any vacuum has been obtained, it is immediately filled with anything nearby, so mercury and wine should fill upside-down glass tubes.