Dimensions of Time

Humanities Research Group Working Papers 8 Time: whether we’ve too much time on our hands or no time to stop and think, whether time flies or marches slowly, whether we are clock watchers or don’t own a watch, perennially late or inevitably early, the nature of time preoccupies us all. It is fitting, then, that this volume, the last to appear in the century beginning with “nineteen,” should take as its theme “Dimensions of Time.” This volume, as have all in the series, examines a topic of contemporary interest from a variety of historical and disciplinary perspectives.https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/hrg-working-papers/1007/thumbnail.jp

Structural Symmetry at the End of the <i>Odyssey</i>

Structural patterns discernible in the last two books of the Odyssey support the view that the poem extended to the end of the present Book 24 rather than ending at 23.296. <!--EndFragment--

The Man Who Made His Own Eve

Tortured by an incurable skin disease, the medieval Hebrew poet and philosopher, Solomon Ibn Gabirol [c. 1021-1070?], is said to have created a female golem, or robot, to ease his loneliness and suffering. “The Man Who Made His Own Eve,” recounts the story of Gabirol’s incredible invention and the personal and tragic consequences of his daring