Definition of the Law of Proximity<span>. The Law of </span>Proximity states<span> that objects that are near or 'proximate' to each other tend to be grouped together. It is part of the Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization and Gestalt psychology, which was founded by Max Wertheimer.
The principle of proximity or also called the principle of grouping states that objects that are near or 'proximate' to each other tend to be grouped together. This law was founded by Max Wertheimer, after he noted that rapid sequences of events create the illusion of motion. Example are motion pictures.
The writer of the Book of Deuteronomy set the story into the framework of three sermons by Moses to the Israelites as they stand on the plains of Moab poised to cross the Jordan River and enter the Promised Land.
