Maricarmen Martínez is Professor of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR and Visiting Professor of Humanities, Florida State University.

• Chapter 1 ForwardChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 The Stoic Revolt Against Time: Introduction; Time in Stoic Physics: The Reign of Cronos; From the Physics of Cronos to the Ethics of Zeus; The Rational Revolt Against Time; The Rhetorical Strategies of the RevoltChapter 5 The Neo-Stoic Revolt Against Times: Lipsius and Senecan Philosophy: Introduction; Stoicism in Europe and Spain: The Historical Antecedents of the Revolt Against Time; The Metaphysics of the Revolt: Justus Lipsius's Neo-Stoic Synthesis of Stoicism anChapter 6 The Revolt Against Time in the Prose of Francisco de Quevedo: Introduction; El (des)engaño de las cosas as a Method to Overthrow TimeChapter 7 The Revolt Against Time in the Poetry of Franciso de Quevedo: Introduction; Conceptista Poetry as a Strategy for the Revolt Against Time; Quevedo's Conceptista Poetry and El (des)engaño de las cosas as a Philosophical-Didactic MetChapter 8 The Neo-Stoic Revolt Against Time in the Prose of Gabriel Bocángel: Introduction; The Revolt Against Time in the Prose of Gabriel BocángelChapter 9 The Revolt Against Time in the Prose of Gabriel Bocángel: Introduction; Time, Death and Virtue in the Poetry of BocángelChapter 10 ConclusionChapter 11 BibliographyChapter 12 IndexChapter 13 About the Author