The birthday book
Censorinus
Bok · Engelsk · 2007
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| Utgitt | Chicago : University of Chicago Pr. , 2007
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| Omfang | XIV, 102 s. : fig.
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| Opplysninger | "Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman scholar Censorinus bestowed upon his best friend a charming birthday present: The Birthday Book, which appears here in its long-awaited first English translation. Laying out everything he knew about birthdays, the book starts simply, but by the conclusion of this brief yet brilliant gem, Censorinus has sketched a glorious vision of a universe ruled by harmony and order, where the microcosm of the child in the womb corresponds to the macrocosm of the planets. Alternately serious and playful, Censorinus touches on music, history, astronomy, astrology, and every aspect of time as it was understood in third-century Rome. He also provides ancient answers to perennial questions: Why does the day begin at midnight? Where did Leap Year come from? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" (forlagsomtale). - Har bibliografi. - Innhold: Happy Birthday ; How to Honor the Genius of the Birthday ; What Is the Spirit of the Birthday? ; Seed and Conception ; Pregnancy ; The Fetus ; Growth in the Womb ; The Origins of Astrology ; The Teachings of the Pythagoreans ; Harmony and Music ; Harmony in the Womb ; Harmony in the Mind and Body ; Harmony in the Universe ; Crisis Years and the Length of Life ; The Praise of Caerellius ; Time and Eternity ; Ages and Centuries. The Roman Secular Games ; The Great Year ; The Year ; The Calendar ; The History of the World ; Months ; Days ; Hours ; Glossary. - til0802
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| ISBN | 978-0-226-09974-3 : 166,00
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