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    There exist two distinct kinds of duration: extrinsic duration (the time of celestial motion, which is one in number) and intrinsic duration (dependent on sublunary motions, which is plural).

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    • 1.Extrinsic duration is tied to celestial motion and is numerically one.
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    • 2.Intrinsic duration depends on the different motions taking place in the sublunary world and is therefore plural.
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    • 1.Time is a single measure of motion with respect to before and after, not a plurality of measures corresponding to distinct movers (Aristotle, Physics IV.11).
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    • 2.If intrinsic duration were genuinely plural, simultaneous events in sublunary substances could not be temporally coordinated, which contradicts observed causal interaction.
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    • 1.Newton's absolute time is one, uniform, and flows independently of any motion—celestial or sublunary—making the celestial-sublunary distinction explanatorily idle.
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    • 2.If extrinsic duration derives its unity from celestial motion, then the cessation or irregularity of celestial motion would dissolve temporal unity, an unacceptable consequence for any coherent metaphysics of time.
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    Celestial motion(What extrinsic duration is based on)
    The movement of objects in the sky, like planets, stars, and the sun orbiting through space.
    Extrinsic duration(Giles of Rome's theory of time and duration)
    The time of celestial motion, which is one in number.
    Intrinsic duration(Giles of Rome's theory of time and duration)
    Duration dependent on the different motions taking place in the sublunary world; therefore plural.
    Sublunary(as used in medieval philosophy and cosmology)
    Below the Moon; in medieval philosophy, referring to the ordinary physical world we live in (as opposed to heavenly or celestial realms).
    duration(Bergson's conception, illustrated via the spool-and-tape image)
    Continuity of progress and heterogeneity; the prolongation of the past into the present.

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    Studies concerning Giles’ natural philosophy focused mainly on his treatment of some pivotal concepts of Aristotle’s Physics. Cecilia Trifogli opened new perspectives in this field, devoting her attention to the notions of place and motion (especially in the void, see Trifogli 1992), underlining that “Giles’ emphasis on the role of place in the description of motion seems to lead to a quantitative and relational notion of place. Giles, however, does not completely substitute the Aristotelian no
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