LEADER 03450nam 22005175 450 001 996456643503316 005 20231110215821.0 010 $a3-11-075239-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110752397 035 $a(CKB)5670000000201177 035 $a(DE-B1597)584625 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110752397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7015466 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7015466 035 $a(OCoLC)1308956965 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000201177 100 $a20220131h20222022 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTime for the Ancients $eMeasurement, Theory, Experience /$fP. N. Singer 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 186 p.) 225 0 $aChronoi : Zeit, Zeitempfinden, Zeitordnungen / Time, Time Awareness, Time Management ,$x2701-1453 ;$v3 311 $a3-11-075192-5 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgements --$tPreface --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tList of Tables --$tChapter One: Time measurement, time management: days, hours and routines --$tChapter Two: Times of life and times of year: the ever-shifting cycles --$tChapter Three: Lives in time: history, biography, bibliography --$tChapter Four: Time for the doctor: crises, perils and opportunities --$tChapter Five: Time, motion, rhythm: reality, perception and quantification --$tBibliography --$tIndex of names --$tGeneral index 330 $aThe book presents the author's latest research on ancient perceptions of time; it centres on medical discussions, especially of the doctor-philosopher Galen, while also contextualizing his work within Graeco-Roman evidence and discussions - archaeological, medical, technological, philosophical, literary - more broadly. The focus is on questions of medical or experiential significance: life cycles, disease cycles, daily regimes for mind and body, clinical assessment, including the vital area of diagnosis through the pulse, technologies of time measurement. But the philosophical background is also examined: questions of the nature and definition of time and its relationship to space and motion. Galen offers original contributions in all these areas, at the same time as shedding important light on both contemporary attitudes and previous discussions. The book thus offers an accessible and vivid overview of key issues in ancient time perception and awareness, while also offering the first in-depth exploration of the insights that the Galenic texts add to this picture. Five thematic chapters - Time Measurement, Year and Life Cycles, Biography, Medical Cycles - consider a wide range of evidence and of recent scholarship, while highlighting the contribution of medical texts. 410 0$aChronoi 606 $aRELIGION / Ancient$2bisacsh 610 $aGalen. 610 $atime awareness. 610 $atime in antiquity. 610 $atime pereception. 615 7$aRELIGION / Ancient. 676 $a115 700 $aSinger$b P. N$g(Peter N.),$f1962-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01262479 712 02$aEinstein Center for International Studies,$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996456643503316 996 $aTime for the Ancients$92951023 997 $aUNISA