The absolute point of view was advocated in physics by Isaac Newton.
[2] According to the absolute theory of space, it is a homogeneous structure which exists and is independent of other things.
[3] Additionally, space exists prior to the body or matter that occupies it and it was held that the universe – as a finite object – is situated within it.
[4] The theory was also promoted by Newton's followers including Samuel Clarke and Roger Cotes during the 17th and 18th centuries.
[1] Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the main proponent of relational theory, argued that there is no absolute space and time.