Time for the Ancients: Measurement, Theory, Experience by P. N. SingerEnglish | EPUB | 2022 | 205 Pages | ISBN : 3110751925 | 3.8 MB
The 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.
