The Hermeneutics of Lived Time: Education as the Way of Being

Our comprehension of time never exhausts the complexity of the phenomena in need of understanding. This complexity stimulated the Greeks to differentiate between χρόνος and καιρός: mechanical time, which can be easily measured, is distinguished from the fitting or opportune moment, when the time is right. A beautiful narrative about the wisdom of doing the right thing at the right time is offered by Kohelet (Eccl. 3. 1-8) : To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time...