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Regarding Kronos
Regarding Kronos
refers to time that is measured, ticking and quantitative. Kronos is the forward-moving
time that we calculate with clocks, watches, and the moon developmental phases.
Kronos gives us all of our time related words such as chronology and chronological. A
Kronos is sequential time, it is a linear measurable time, the kind of time that marches
on that keeps on ticking and that waits for no man; clocks calendars measure time on
Kronos time. Kronos is about quantity. On the other hand Kairos is about quality.
Kronos is about the present that was the future, and is the past before we know it.