On borrowed time : the art and economy of living with deadlines

On borrowed time : the art and economy of living with deadlines / Harald Weinrich ; translated by Steven Rendall.

Life is short. This indisputable fact of existence has driven human ingenuity since antiquity, whether through efforts to lengthen our lives with medicine or shorten the amount of time we spend on work using technology. Alongside this struggle to manage the pressure of life's ultimate deadline,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weinrich, Harald
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Time in literature.
Time > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Time in literature
Time > Philosophy
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Knappe Zeit.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Life is Short, Art is Long; 2 The Midpoint of Life; 3 Limited Time in this World and in the Next; 4 Short and Shortest Times; 5 The Economy of Limited Time; 6 The Drama of Time in Short Supply; 7 Finitude, Infinity; 8 Living with Deadlines; 9 Short Stories about Short Deadlines; 10 Epilogue on the Sense of Time; Notes; Index.

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