When1: 520
When2: 550
Who: John Philoponus [Philoponus, John]
What: philosopher
Where: Alexandria, Egypt
works\ New Definition of Prime Matter [520 to 550]
Detail: He lived 490 to 570 and was Commentator on Aristotle. Motion requires force. World began finite time ago, because motion through infinite interval {traversal of the infinite} cannot finish.
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