ON my bedside table is a small, bronze statuette of a begging dog holding a stick with a hook at one end from which, every night before retiring, I hang my pocket watch. The ancient Greeks had two words for time:, being linear, predictable time—as provided by my watch—and, being opportune, chaotic time (immeasurable, but strangely desirable).
Time waits for no man’s idleness
May 31, 2023
2 minutes
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