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    It is not the case that 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.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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    Reason for 2 of 2
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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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    Reasons Against

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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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