Kairos

Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment).

Description

The ancient Greeks had two words for time, kairos and chronos.

• Kairos signifies a time lapse, a moment of indeterminate time in which everything happens.

• Chronos refers to chronological or sequential time.

While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative, permanent nature.

Other uses

Kairos also means season in ancient Greek, and weather in modern Greek.

The plural, καιροί (kairoi (Ancient Gk. and Mod. Gk.)) means the times (compare Zeitgeist).

See also

• Ancient Greece
• Philosophy
• Time