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A comparison between the two words would be that chronos is quantitative while kairos is qualitative.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #56: “What is time?” 2007
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If kairos be taken for chronos, which is barely admissible, the sense would be, "making the most of time," i.e. rescuing it from waste or abuse.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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I realize the mixing of languages is a little gauche, chronos from the Greek for ‘time’and fin from the French for ‘end,’ but it has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
SNOW Tracy Lynn 2003
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I realize the mixing of languages is a little gauche, chronos from the Greek for ‘time’and fin from the French for ‘end,’ but it has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
SNOW Tracy Lynn 2003
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But because God is beyond the "chronos" time that you and I as human beings are so easily trapped in (the passing of time that's measured by the ticking of the hands on a clock), and because God is fully engaged in "kronos" time, or
QuakerQuaker.org 2009
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But because God is beyond the "chronos" time that you and I as human beings are so easily trapped in (the passing of time that's measured by the ticking of the hands on a clock), and because God is fully engaged in "kronos" time, or
QuakerQuaker.org 2009
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'chronos' and 'password', but just now saw Hexxeh's post to use 'facepunch' with no password.
unknown title 2009
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'chronos' is pregnant with 'kairos', I believe that what would normally take much longer is now happening in exponential succession.
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They are kairos, or holy time and chronos, or clock time.
Dr. Susan Corso: The Traveling Sanctuary: A Spiritual Approach to Unplugging and Recharging 2010
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Co-existent with chronos is kairos -- holy time, eternal time, the present moment, only the present moment.
Dr. Susan Corso: The Traveling Sanctuary: A Spiritual Approach to Unplugging and Recharging 2010
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