Time for the Ancients

Measurement, Theory, Experience

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Author(s)
Singer, P. N.
Language
English
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Abstract
The book offers an overview of experiences, theories and conceptions of time in the Graeco-Roman world. It presents the results of new research on neglected medical texts, relating to time management, aging and times of life, and the importance of the accurate time assessment. At the same time it draws together the most important findings of much recent classical scholarship on ancient attitudes to time, and presents them in accessible form.
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/200418
Keywords
time in antiquity; time awareness; time pereception; Galen; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTZ General studies and General knowledge; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAB Philosophy of religion; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRR Other religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs::QRRT1 Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
DOI
10.1515/9783110752397
ISBN
9783110752397, 9783110751925, 9783110752496
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2022
Imprint
De Gruyter
Series
CHRONOI,
Pages
186