kairos

is nothing other than the ecstatic temporality that stretches itself out in authentic temporalizing.

The other Greek term for time is Kairos. This designates the right time for action or the critical moment. Aristotle also gives an analysis of kairos, in his writings on ethics and rhetoric. Kairos is what we might describe as time that is meaningfully punctuated. It is time as seen in what Heidegger calls a 'moment of vision'. The moment of vision is not something that happens in time and it cannot be understood in terms of nows. It is nothing other than the ecstatic temporality that stretches itself out in authentic temporalizing.

is about opportuneness. Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes. Paracelsus

is time in the sense of the right time for action or the critical moment.

is what we might describe as time that is meaningfully punctuated.

is time, but not clock time; rather it refers to moments of important decision that cut time into before and after.

chronos and kairos. Two different Greek words for time. Chronological time is measured on a clock. Kairological time refers to moments of important decision that cut time into before and after.

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