YOU can't intuitively sense those things. (I can't either) But very accurate descriptions of atoms, sub-atomic particles and even more discrete substances yet to be proved by physics have been described as much as 2,500 hundred years ago.
No objective description can arise before an intuitive concept has been grasped.
No objective description can arise before an intuitive concept has been grasped.
You are quite correct. BUT, the intuitive nature of Aether HAS been grasped, hence it can be described...