Time of the Essence: Cyclical Change and the Human Body in Regimen and Nature of the Human Being

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Time of the Essence: Cyclical Change and the Human Body in Regimen and Nature of the Human Being 11
5. Hippokrates, De internis affectionibus 43
6. Turbulence and Asynchrony at the Time of Orion: Ps. Aristotle’s Problemata 26.13 in Philosophical and Medical Contexts 79
7. Synchronizing Diachronies in Seneca’s Consolatio ad Marciam 101
8. Untimely Women: “Clock Time” and “Women’s Time” in Imperial Rome 121
9. Time, Timing and Synchronicity: The Uses of Astrology in Ancient Medical Practice 141
10. Index of Passages Cited
11. General Index
12. The following volumes have been published in this series: